Sister Wives star says daughter Evie, one, ‘is home and recovering beautifully’ following amputation as she lives with rare medical condition that impacts the limbs
Sister Wives star Maddie Brown Brush said Monday that her one-year-old daughter Evangalynn Kodi is ‘recovering beautifully’ following an amputation surgery she underwent, as she lives with a rare medical condition that impacts the limbs.
‘Evie received some major gifts for her 1st birthday,’ the 24-year-old reality star said in an Instagram caption with a pic in which she held Evie, who she shares with husband Caleb Brush, 33.
She said that Evie’s ‘surgeon laid the groundwork for her new foot and mobility it will bring, by way of a boyd amputation,’ and that ‘another gave her some extra mobility in her hand, by clipping her webbing she had in her right hand.’
The latest: Sister Wives star Maddie Brown Brush, 24, said Monday that her one-year-old daughter Evangalynn Kodi is ‘recovering beautifully’ following an amputation surgery she underwent, as she lives with a rare medical condition that impacts the limbs
Brush said Evie ‘is home and is recovering beautifully’ following the medical procedure, as she lives with the fibular aplasia, oligosyndactyly (FATCO) syndrome and tibial campomelia.
In the accompanying photo, the TLC personality posed with her daughter in a hospital room while wearing a white top, jeans and a face mask.
She later took to Instagram Stories with a shot of herself and a beaming Evie, writing that smiles and good moods were coming back.
Maddie and Caleb, who are also parents to son Axel, three, welcomed Evie in August of 2019.
Hooray! She later took to Instagram Stories with a shot of herself and a beaming Evie, writing that smiles and good moods were coming back
Happy: The happy family posed together to celebrate Independence Day last month
She took to Instagram in October noting that there ‘were aware of some abnormalities’ in regards to Evie’s physical development.
‘This is one of the hardest things that Caleb and I have gone through and the decision to share almost as difficult,’ she said, ‘but after a lot of consideration, we realized that it’s the best thing for our daughter and there is a chance it may help other parents who may also be struggling.’
Maddie, whose parents are TLC stars Kody and Janelle Brown, said that the news was both ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘better than expected,’ adding that she and her spouse were reluctant to publicly share the news out of concern their ‘infant daughter would become the target of mean jokes and cyberbullying.’
She added, ‘That said, we felt not being open would be even worse and make Evie feel ashamed for something that makes her all the more special in our eyes.’