Breaking Amish alum Jeremiah Raber has assured his TikTok followers that he’s on the mend after a scary few days.
“Huge thanks to all the people that have been praying for me. I truly appreciate it,” Raber, 42, wrote to fans via TikTok on Friday, January 2.
Raber previously made several alarming posts via social media, a few of which showed him in a hospital bed. On December 30, Raber said he had “possible liver failure” and was “waiting to be life flighted to another hospital.”
At the time, Raber told his followers that his blood sugar level was “993” — which is dangerously high and potentially life-threatening, according to The Cleveland Clinic. The clinic states that blood sugar levels less than 100 are “normal fasting blood sugar levels,” whereas 126 or above potentially indicates that a person has diabetes.
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Later in the day on December 30, Raber shared still photos of himself being stretchered onto a waiting helicopter, presumably to be airlifted to another medical facility for more treatment.
Raber returned to TikTok on Thursday, January 1, to repost a comment from someone calling him a “scammer” and claiming that the reality star “deserves it.” The former Breaking Amish cast member accompanied the trolling post with a short video clip of himself waving to the camera as he laid in a hospital bed.
Two days later, Raber finally had some good news. He thanked his followers for their prayers and announced that he’d made huge strides over the past few days.
“I’m doing good and will be out tomorrow,” he announced.
“Stay positive, let the haters hate and live your life to the fullest! Get some rest,” one fan wrote, while another replied: “Sending healing energy.”
A third fan encouraged Raber to put his health first, writing: “Take care of yourself! Heal before you [stress] about anything! Care for you because nobody else can. Know what I mean? Stay healthy. Please!”
Raber previously revealed he was suffering from serious health issues in March 2024. At that time, Raber thanked his TikTok followers for donating “enough money to go to the doctor for [his] heart issue and stuff.”
“Hopefully soon I’ll be at the doctor’s and getting it checked out,” he promised his fans. “I appreciate it more than you’ll ever know.”
InTouch Weekly reported in April 2024 that the reality star spent two days in the hospital for heart issues and diabetic ketoacidosis. (The Cleveland Clinic describes diabetic ketoacidosis as “a life-threatening complication of diabetes and undiagnosed Type 1 diabetes” and encourages anyone who suspects they may have the condition to seek immediate medical help.)
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Raber was one of the breakout stars of TLC’s Breaking Amish when it premiered in 2012. The docuseries followed young Amish and Mennonite people venturing out of their religious communities to experience life in New York City for the first time.
Prior to the first season airing, Raber had split from his first wife, Naomi Stutzman, with whom he shares three children. He later came back to the franchise for 2014’s Return to Amish and remained part of the core cast for seven seasons.
Return to Amish’s third season finale — which aired in August 2016 — followed Jeremiah and his second wife, Carmela Mendez Raber, on their wedding day. The two had multiple very public breakups and reconciliations in subsequent years, leading up to Carmela filing for a restraining order against Jeremiah in March 2022.
“It’s all reports from back [in 2017],” he told InTouch Weekly at the time. “She used the s*** to get the order just to kick me out. It’s sad how quick people are to post stuff like that but turn a blind eye to the change for the better people have made in their life.”
Jeremiah announced in May 2022 that he and Carmela were “not together,” though he insisted he “will still love her.”
