AN INFLUENCER known for her weight loss journey had to be put on a ventilator in a medically induced coma in her visit to the ICU.

Lexi Reed, 31, is recovering in the hospital after her organs started failing, according to an Instagram post her husband Danny shared on Thursday.

Lexi became severely sick a few weeks ago, Danny said in his post on her account @fatgirlfedup.

"She then started acting differently so I took her to the hospital where they admitted her into ICU, placed on a medically induced [coma], on a ventilator, and me that her organs started failing," Danny said.

The doctors told the husband that if he had waited any longer to get her medical help, it's possible that she could have died.

Danny said that though she's awake now, she cannot walk and is currently in dialysis, which means that her kidneys aren't working properly.

"Getting her back to health has been our top priority," he wrote on Lexi's account, which has over 1.2million followers.

The husband also shared that the family does not currently have insurance and that they might start a GoFundMe to help cover her medical costs.

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Lexi first became popular in 2016 when she started documenting her weight loss journey alongside her husband.

Over two years, Lexi lost 312 pounds. She's said that "it wasn't about the weight that we lost but the life we gained."

It's unclear whether the medical problems are due to Lexi's extreme weight loss.

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