Teddi Mellencamp’s five-month-old daughter Dove set to have neurosurgery on Thursday for her rare skull development condition
- Teddi Mellencamp spoke about her daughter Dove’s Thursday neurosurgical procedure on Wednesday’s Teddi Tea Pod podcast
- ‘We need to be at the hospital at 5:15[a.m.] and she’s not allowed to have a bottle before her 7am surgery,’ said the 39-year-old Bravo star
- The 39-year-old revealed earlier this month that her daughter Dove has a rare condition called Lambdoid Craniosynostosis
- Craniosynostosis is a rare skull problem that causes a baby to be born with, or develop, an abnormally shaped head
- Mellencamp said ‘It’s two days in the NICU then it’s four to five days in the hospital and there’s just so many unknowns’ on her podcast on Monday
- Teddi previously said she wasn’t sure whether to share the news but wants to use her platform to reach others
- ‘The recovery is about a week in the hospital and a couple weeks at home with a very high success rate’ she explained
- Teddi is also mom to daughter Slate, seven, and son Cruz, five, with husband Edwin Arroyave
Teddi Mellencamp’s daughter Dove is going in for surgery today.
And during Wednesday’s episode of the Teddi Tea Pod podcast, the reality TV star revealed she would have to ‘dream feed’ the five-month-old before the early operation, saying ‘tonight I’m going to feed her at one in the morning because she can’t eat tomorrow morning.’
‘We need to be at the hospital at 5:15[a.m.] and she’s not allowed to have a bottle before her 7am surgery,’ said the 39-year-old Bravo star.
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The big day: Teddi Mellencamp’s daughter Dove is going in for surgery today
Teddi also revealed that she had debated whether on not she should go public with Dove’s health concerns.
She cited her two reasons for doing so as ‘to hear other people’s stories’ and wanting other moms ‘not to go through the exact same situation that I did where they weren’t prepared’.
During the episode, Mellencamp also spoke to her daughter’s surgeon, Mark Urata, about the impending operation for her rare Lambdoid Craniosynostosis condition.
The doctor spoke of Dove’s cranial condition as a ‘sporadic entity’ that moms should not feel ‘guilt’ about.
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Sibling love: ‘We need to be at the hospital at 5:15[a.m.] and she’s not allowed to have a bottle before her 7am surgery,’ said the 39-year-old Bravo star
Struggle: Teddi also revealed that she had debated whether on not she should go public with Dove’s health concerns
Mellencamp Arroyave learned of her daughter’s condition – which is a rare skull problem that causes a baby to be born with, or develop, an abnormally shaped head – during a visit to her pediatrician.
While the doctor initially though the problem could be corrected with a DOC Band, they advised seeking a second opinion first.
The doctor was like, ‘Yeah, we’re definitely leaning in the direction of needing the DOC Band. But before you go to those specialists, I want you to go to this neurosurgeon, just so he can have a look,’ she said on her podcast earlier this month.
The neurosurgeon came back with the new diagnosis, leading the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star to thank her daughter’s team of doctors who ‘caught this early’.
As for recovery, ‘It’s two days in the NICU then it’s four to five days in the hospital,’ explained the mother-of-three.
Teddi is also mom to daughter Slate, seven, and son Cruz, five, with husband Edwin Arroyave
Shock: Mellencamp Arroyave learned of her daughter’s condition – which is a rare skull problem that causes a baby to be born with, or develop, an abnormally shaped head – during a visit to her pediatrician