Soap opera star Jordi Vilasuso is opening up about his newborn daughter’s health battle .
Vilasuso, best known for his role on “The Young and the Restless,” shared in a joint Instagram post with wife Kaitlin on Thursday that his nearly 1-month-old daughter Lucy was recently diagnosed with respiratory syncytial virus , or RSV, a common respiratory virus.
After being admitted to a Los Angeles-area hospital last week with difficulty breathing, Lucy was eventually moved into the neonatal intensive care unit with a “partially-collapsed right lung,” according to an update Vilasuso shared on Instagram .
“Please please pray with us for miraculous healing for Lucy’s precious little body,” he and his wife wrote on Instagram, alongside photos of their daughter. “We love her so much and just want her home and happy and in our arms.”
Vilasuso and his wife, who are also the parents of two older daughters, shared in a later update that Lucy’s health was improving, describing her lungs as showing improvement on an X-ray, but noting she still required a feeding tube and respiratory support.