Teddi Mellencamp attends KIIS FM’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2024.Photo:Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage
Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage
Teddi Mellencamphas shared her first message followingher brain tumor surgery.
TheReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsalum, 43, returned to social media on Tuesday, Feb. 25, to post a birthday tribute to her now 5-year-old daughterDove.
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The post included a collage of mother-daughter photos and solo pics of the birthday girl.
Like her mother, Dove has also had her own set of health challenges, previously beingdiagnosed with lambdoid craniosynostosis, a rare condition that affects the way a skull forms after birth, according to theMayo Clinic.
Teddi Mellencamp’s daughter Dove blows out birthday candles.Edwin Arroyave/instagram
Edwin Arroyave/instagram
Four years after revealing that Dove would undergo surgery for her condition, Mellencamp shared in a touchingInstagrampost that her daughter had showed them “what a fighter she is.”
Teddi Mellencamp’s children with their grandmother Vicky Granucci.Edwin Arroyave/instagram
“The bday cakes continue for Dove,” Arroyave wrote over the photo. Another pic showed Dove holding a donut while posing with her “birthday best friend,” and a group shot of Dove and her siblings with their grandmother, Vicky Granucci.
Mellencamp was not seen in the photos asshe is currently recovering from having two tumors removed from her brain.
The former reality star shared that she was undergoing the surgery after weeks of “dealing with severe and debilitating headaches” in a health update onInstagramon Wednesday, Feb. 12.
Edwin Arroyave and Teddi Mellencamp.Edwin Arroyave/Instagram
Edwin Arroyave/Instagram
“After a CT scan and MRI, doctors found multiple tumors on my brain, which they believe have been growing for at least 6 months,” she wrote. “Two of the tumors will be surgically removed today. The remaining smaller tumors will be dealt with via radiation at a later date.”
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Since then,Arroyave has visited her at the hospitaland has shared thather surgery “went well.”
source: people.com
