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Hoda Kotb’sdaughter Hope Catherineis in great spirits after hermost recent health scare.
“Hope’s doing much better, much better,” Kotb, 58, told PEOPLE. “I think it’s going to be a longer road, but she is doing great.”
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The Emmy Award-winning journalist also told PEOPLE that Hope “is a happy child which is the most important thing to me,” adding that “she has a really supportive big sister.” Kotb is also mom to daughterHaley Joy, 6.
As for how to navigate the road ahead, Kotb shared: “We have figured out kind of a rhythm and life throws all kinds of curve balls at you and it’s sort of like what do you do with it, and it’s funny because no matter what you go through if you look over to the left or over to the right, someone else is going through something much more difficult.”
“So we say count our blessings, let’s move forward, let’s have a real fun summer, and let’s just keep it rolling,” she added.
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After taking several weeks offToday with Hoda & Jenna, Kotb shared upon her return in March that her daughter Hope hadhealth complications that landed her in the intensive care unitand the hospital.
“My youngest, Hope, was in the ICU for a few days and in the hospital for a little more than a week,“Kotb said on the March 6 episode. “I’m so grateful she’s home. She is back home. I was waiting for that day to come. And we are watching her closely. I’m just so happy.”
Though Kotb has not provided further information about her daughter’s diagnosis, she did explain on a previous episode ofToday with Hoda & Jennathat the experience was “really scary.”
“She’svibrant and brilliant,” the mother of two said of Hope, adding that she’s “over the moon” to have her little one home.
source: people.com
