Jenelle Evans and her mother Barbara have been in a custody battle over Jace essentially since he was born... and it doesn't seem to be stopping any time soon.
And even though the mother-daughter duo have had ups and downs in their relationship, it seems that things between them are particularly tense right now.
In fact, Barbara has reportedly barred Jenelle from seeing Jace!
“Jace is back with my mom, and I have filed to go to court and make the case private,” Jenelle told Us Weekly. “I did that for Jace’s protection because…he is old enough now to where, if it’s in the news, I don’t need him reading that or getting upset.”
She said that she and her mother are “currently not on talking terms” and only communicate when it has to do with Jace’s pick-ups and drop-offs.
“That’s about it,” she told the outlet.
Jenelle added that she and her mom had previously reconciled, but that they ended up reaching “a breaking point.”
“Because of Jace’s bad behavior, he was supposed to live with me,” Jenelle told Us Weekly. “Then she took that all back and acted like none of that ever happened. It’s really concerning to me.”
Jenelle added that she personally hasn’t had much trouble with Jace’s behavior.
“His behavior is always good here. They have so much land to play with and play on, and [there are] so many kids,” she said.
Jenelle explained that Barbara and Jace tend to butt heads a lot more than she and her son do.
Jenelle said she is hoping to regain full custody of her son, but knows that she would never cut her mother out of Jace’s life completely.
“I know in the past I’ve said that, but that was when I was young and mad,” Jenelle said. “I see how important it is for Jace to have that relationship with my mom, no matter how much I dislike her.”
But Jenelle's bid for custody might be even harder now, since Barbara has reportedly banned her from seeing Jace.
In a new update from The Sun, Jenelle claimed that Barbara “intentionally prevented [Jenelle] from receiving medical and school records of the minor child” and “has not provided accounting to [Jenelle] of the minor child’s financial accounts.”
She also claimed that Barbara “blocked [Jenelle] from talking to the minor child since she demanded the child return to her custody on or about January 18, 2021."
Jenelle alleged in the papers, “In fact, [Barbara] has currently blocked all contact from [Jenelle.]”
What do you think about their growing tensions?
Jenelle Evans Diagnosed With 'Rare' Spine Disorder
Jenelle shared that she recently underwent a surgery that left her bedbound.
"On a real note, please don’t ever get this done… a CT myelogram," she shared. "Y’all told me it wouldn’t be so bad but not I’m sitting here like can’t really walk."
She explained: “I have sciatica on my legs and it was way worse than I thought it would be."
“When they put the dye in… y’all I felt like I had a dagger in my back. It was bad," she spilled.
In a later update, she spilled, “Still recovering but David is keeping me laughing.”
It looks like Jenelle is going to get into more details on her YouTube account.
"I did it yall!" she captioned a photo of her in bed. "Thanks for the motivation. I'll make a YouTube video about this entire topic for y'all."
"Basically I have a neck popping issues, and we don't know why," Jenelle shared.
She added: "After this procedure is done, they don't want you getting up. They don't want you doing any extraneous activity for 24 hours. I have to lay here in bed flat.
"Yeah that so there's no spinal fluid leaking out of the incision site," she explained. "So yeah this is pretty invasive, and now I'm bedridden for two days.”
Now, Jenelle is opening up about a new diagnosis.
In a new YouTube video, Jenelle shared that she had an MRI that revealed there was a cyst in her spine.
"It's pretty concerning. That's not good. None of this is good," she shared.
Then, via Instagram, she shared her diagnosis, asking fans: "Who else has syringomyelia?" with a crying emoji.
When a fan wrote, "Oh no! That's so tough! How are you doing??" Jenelle responded: "Good, just a little bit in shock."
"I have neck pain every day and headaches every day and my neck cracks every day," Jenelle shared.
"I do what I can. By this time, at 5 o'clock, I usually have to tap out because my neck hurts so bad. I try to get up and be happy and act like I don't have this problem.
"I have head shaking too, it's kind of embarrassing, it feels like a tremor. My hands are not that steady and my fingertips are numb most of the time," she added.
Watch the full video above.