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Cory Wharton is sharing an update connected his young daughter's health.
The MTV star announced that helium and Taylor Selfridge's daughter Maya—who was diagnosed with tricuspid atresia, a congenital bosom information contiguous astatine birth—is recovering astatine location following a second open-heart surgery. Cory primitively shared that the 7-month-old volition request a full of 3 surgeries and received her archetypal 1 astatine commencement successful June.
"I person immoderate GOOD quality to archer you each WE yet got released from the hospital," Cory captioned his Jan. 18 Instagram post alongside a carousel of photos of Maya successful the hospital. "I'm truthful thankful these past 2 weeks person been precise up-and-down and person felt similar a nightmare astatine times. But I ever effort to enactment affirmative and being astatine the Children's Hospital for 2 weeks & seeing immoderate families who person been up determination for months oregon years and immoderate possibly won't permission the hospital. I'm precise thankful that we got released today."
The 31-year-old—who is besides begetter to Ryder, 5, with ex Cheyenne Floyd—noted that though the Glenn process was successful, Maya ended up having little oxygen levels than expected during her recovery.
According to the Mayo Clinic, a Glenn procedure, "involves removing the archetypal shunt and connecting 1 of the ample veins that returns humor to the bosom (the superior vena cava) to the pulmonary artery."
"6 days aft her Glenn she ended up backmost successful the operating country for a Cath laboratory process to hopefully hole what they thought was the problem," Cory continued. "It turned retired that determination was thing to fix, which was large but it didn't afloat explicate the oxygen levels being truthful low. Trying to get her disconnected the ventilator the 2nd clip astir was a batch harder."
Thanking fans for their support, prayers and love, the Teen Mom alum added, "What doesn't termination you makes you stronger, and that's what this did!"
Taylor besides shared the bully quality connected Instagram, explaining what is adjacent for her and Cory's daughter's betterment journey. adjacent steps and further details of Maya's information alongside photos from her enactment astatine the children's hospital.
"Maya volition beryllium going location connected oxygen for now," the 27-year-old wrote. "We person to get reassessed successful a fewer weeks erstwhile her lungs are healed from everything she went through."
The Challenge alum noted that she feels "blessed" to beryllium capable to instrumentality her girl home.
"Cory and I had truthful galore ups and downs with Maya it was the astir stressful happening successful I deliberation some of our lives and I volition retrieve this forever," she continued. "That each being said, Maya's bosom country is moving amazing! She has 1 large 1 near but delight deity not for a fewer years."
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