Hoda Kotb Shares First Photo of Daughter Hope Following Her Hospitalization
Hoda Kotb’s 3-year-old daughter Hope is all smiles months after being hospitalized in the ICU for a mystery illness. The TODAY show anchor took to Instagram Tuesday to share the first photo of her youngest daughter since she fell ill earlier this year, posting a picture of Hope grinning while sitting next to her 6-year-old sister Haley. Kotb is also in the snap, which she captioned with a heart, beaming as she poses alongside TODAY contributor Karen Swensen and her daughter, Catherine.
The I Really Needed This Today author first shared some of the details of her daughter’s health struggles after taking a lengthy hiatus from the NBC morning show in February to handle a “family health matter.” Returning to TODAY on March 6, Kotb revealed through tears that Hope had been in the ICU “for a few days” and hospitalized for “more than a week.” The NBC personality continued, “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.”
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Kotb continued that she felt “blessed and grateful” throughout the worst of it. “I’m over the moon that she’s home,” she shared. “And I can’t believe how amazing people are. Like, that’s the thing I learned through all this; the nurses who stood by her all the way, the nurses who checked on her constantly, the doctors who came in, the people who took care of us. And I felt like we were held. …Anyone who’s ever gone through an illness with a child, boy, I thought I understood you, but I didn’t, until you’re sitting in that position.”
The journalist has yet to reveal specifics of Hope’s health struggles but did share more on Southern Living’s Biscuits & Jam podcast. “To watch her go through a difficult time at just 3 years old is really tough for any parent because you’re helpless,” Kotb said. “But I think you realize just how incredibly resilient and strong she is. I think sometimes you learn life’s lessons from the most amazing places.” In May, Kotb told PEOPLE at the Webby Awards in New York that it would be a “longer road” for Hope, but that she was doing “much better.”
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