Teddi Mellencamp has been discharged from the hospital after undergoing surgery to remove four brain tumors.
“16 days and I get to go home!!!” Mellencamp, 43, wrote alongside a video of her in a car uploaded to her Instagram Story on Tuesday, March 4. “Thank you to all my loves and life savers for getting me through this.”
The clip featured Teddi, the daughter of rockstar John Mellencamp, as she sat in the passenger seat sporting her new short hairdo and sunglasses. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum got emotional as she sang along to the track “Coming Home” by Diddy and Skylar Grey.
After Teddi settled back in, she uploaded an additional story of her walking on a treadmill.
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“I’m starting back slow. Obviously very emotional watching your body change with so much medication from the brain tumors,” she said to the camera. “But [I’m] just trying to remember how grateful I am that I can move my body again.”
In a subsequent snap, Teddi showed that her body was sensitive and had “bruising and swelling.”
“I know I can do this,” she penned. “F— off tears. I can do hard things.”
Teddi also hit the cold plunge pool and sauna, getting ahead of the keyboard physicians by sharing that her doctor gave her the go-ahead.
Last month, Teddi revealed that she was suffering from “severe and debilitating headaches” for several weeks and subsequently went to the hospital for treatment.
“Yesterday, the pain was unbearable and required hospitalization. After a CT scan and MRI, doctors found multiple tumors on my brain, which they believe have been growing for at least six months,” she wrote via Instagram on February 12. “I am blessed to be surrounded by my children, family, friends, doctors, nurses and surgeons who are doing everything possible to get me back into better health. Thank you to everybody who has reached out and to everyone who has supported me along this journey.”
Nearly two weeks later, Teddi gave an update on her condition.
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“I am grateful for the incredible surgeons, doctors and nurses who made my surgery a success and my recovery process more comfortable,” Teddi shared via Instagram at the time. “In full transparency, more tumors were removed than expected: 4 in total. This fight is not over, but that round has been won.”
In addition to her health struggles, Teddi has also been in the middle of a divorce from Edwin Arroyave. The pair, who share daughters Slate, 12, and Dove, 4, and son Cruz, announced their split in November 2024. However, a source told Us Weekly that Teddi and Arroyave are on “good terms” at the moment and are prioritizing her recovery before finalizing their split.
“The divorce is not anyone’s focus at the moment,” the insider explained. “Edwin wants to be there for Teddi and their family in any way they need.”
