Yolanda Foster Reveals Daughter Bella & Son Anwar Have Lyme Disease As Well

Lyme disease continues to wreak havoc on Yolanda Foster and her family.

Gigi Hadid, Anwar Hadid, Yolanda Foster and Bella Hadid at the Global Lyme Alliance ‘Uniting for a Lyme-Free World’ Inaugural Gala on October 8, 2015 in New York City (Getty)

The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star was diagnosed with the disease in 2012 and now she has revealed that her children, Bella and Anwar Hadid, also have it.

“I honestly don’t have the proper words in my vocabulary to describe to you the darkness, the pain, and the unknown hell I’ve lived these past years,” she said at the Global Lyme Alliance Gala in New York City on Thursday. “I actually did not live. I just existed in a jail of my own paralyzed brain. This disease has brought me to my knees. Many nights I wish to die. I pray that I will just wash away into heaven, where there will be no pain.”

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Yolanda then revealed that her 19-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son were also battling the chronic illness.

“God had different plans for me. He changed my destiny when my two youngest children, Bella and Anwar, were diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease in early 2012. Watching my babies struggle in silence in order to support me and my journey struck the deepest chord of hopelessness inside of me, and it’s because of them that I’m motivated to stand here in front of you today,” she said.

Since her diagnosis in 2012, the reality star was traveled the globe in search of a cure for Lyme disease, often addressing her battle on her Bravo series.

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On Thursday night, Yolanda was joined by Bella and Anwar and also daughter Gigi, who brought along boyfriend Joe Jonas.

— Jesse Spero

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