Jody Cundy may miss this week's 'Strictly Come Dancing' after contracting an infection.
Jody Cundy has an infection
The Paralympian has been unable to rehearse with his professional partner Jowita Przystał for most of this week because he is unable to attach his prosthetic leg due to his amputated limb being painful and swollen.
Speaking on 'Strictly: It Takes Two' on Thursday (05.10.23), he revealed: "Really confident that we could just perfect everything for Saturday, I got home on Tuesday night, took my leg off, and was like, ‘Ooh, that’s quite sore,’ and didn’t really think too much of it. Cleaned it, bathed it, made sure it was all OK.
"Then I got up around 4am, looked at my leg, and it was warm, swollen, and I was like, ‘That’s getting infected, I need to see somebody about it’.”
Jody was prescribed antibotics at the hospital, but has still been unable to wear the prosthetic.
He continued: “That was Wednesday’s training out. So, I tried again this morning [Thursday] to get my leg on, not been able to get my leg on today, but it is healing, it is getting better but at the moment I’m still not able to get my leg on.
“The hope is that tomorrow the swelling’s gone down a little bit more and we’re in a situation where I can do a little bit of practice and pick up where we left off on Tuesday.”
If he is able to make the live show, the sportsman is confident he knows their Movie Week routine.
He added: "Fortunately, I’m in a position where I actually know the routine and we’ve gone all the way through.”
Jody later took to Instagram to express his hope he will be fit to perform at the weekend.
He wrote on his Instagram Story: “You may have seen on It Takes Two, that I’ve picked up a minor niggle this week that’s meant I’ve missed a few days training.
“Everything seems to be settling down and I hope to be back on the dancefloor this Saturday evening.”