Teddi Mellencamp publishes the first message since brain tumor surgery

Teddi Mellencamp has shared their first message after Her brain tumor surgery.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Alum, 43, returned to social media on Tuesday, February 25 to publish a birthday tribute to her now 5-year-old daughter Dove.

“Happy birthday to my miracle child. Hard to believe it has been five years since you made our lives better and brighter,” her Instagram read. “But no matter how adult you become, you will always be my baby dovey ❤.”

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Posten included a collage of Mother’s photos and solo pictures of the birthday girl.

Mellencamp has often referred to the pigeon as her “miracle child” because she was Think naturally After she and her foreign husband Edwin Arroyave47, experienced infertility challenges with his 12-year-old daughter SlateAnd 10-year-old son Cruz.

Like his mother, Dove has also had his own set of health challenges, previously been Diagnosis with lambdoid craniosynostosisa rare condition that affects how a skull is formed after birth, according to Mayo Clinic.

Four years after revealing that Dove would undergo surgery for her condition shared Mellencamp into a touch Instagram Put up that her daughter had shown them “what a fighter she is.”

“She is such a manager. So strong. So loving. So funny. So smart. The whole house is run by Boss Baby Dove and I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Mellencamp wrote in July 2024.

Arroyave, Who Mellencamp applied for divorce from after 13 years of marriage In November 2024, on their Instagram stories shared a video of Dove surrounded by family, including her siblings, when she was presented a birthday cake.

“Bday Cakes continues for Dove,” Arroyave wrote over the photo. Another picture showed that Dove held a monk while posing with her “best friend”, and a group shot of Dove and her siblings with her grandmother, Vicky Granucci.

Mellencamp was not seen at the pictures that She is currently recovering from getting two tumors away from the brain.

The former reality star shared that she underwent the operation after weeks to “handle serious and debilitating headaches” in a health update on Instagram On Wednesday, February 12th.

“After a CT scan and MRI, doctors found several tumors in my brain, which they believe has grown for at least 6 months,” she wrote. “Two of the tumors will be surgically removed today. The remaining smaller tumors will be handled through radiation at a later date.”

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Since then, Arroyave has visited her at the hospital and have shared it Her operation “went well.”