Emily Maynard and Jones.Photo:Emily Maynard/Instagram
Emily Maynard/Instagram
Emily Maynard Johnsonis sharing an update on her son’s health.
Over the weekend, the formerBachelorette, 37, shared a video montage of sonJones West, who celebrates his first birthday on Thursday, in the hospital, revealing the toddler has had another surgery.
“Its going to be better than all right. I took Jones to the ER because of what I thought was a stomach bug, but it turns out he had some scar tissue built up from his last surgery and needed to have surgery again to fix the problem,” Maynard Johnson explains.
“Thankful for all of the nurses, doctors and surgeons at@levinechildrensfor loving on my sweet boy so well. Special thank you to the best pediatrician out there@amoranlanierwho I texted and called at all hours to explain to me what was happening in toddler terms because my brain has been mush for the past 18 years, but especially the past couple of weeks🙃.”
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In addition to Jones, Maynard Johnson and her husband Tyler Johnson share six kids together — Nola Belle, 2½, Gatlni, 5, Gibson, 6, Jennings, 8, and Ricki, 18.
Speaking with PEOPLE after welcoming Jones, who was born with Down syndromeand a rare congenital colon abnormality, Maynard Johnson said was “in shock.”
“It was not on my radar at all. And I refused to believe it. I just wanted to hold him and for everything to be OK,” she admitted at the time.
Emily Maynard Johnson and Jones.emily maynard johnson/Instagram
During the holiday season, Maynard Johnsonposted a photo with all of her kids, including Jones, atDolly Parton’s festively decorated amusement park. “Number one on my bucket list: take my kids to@dollywood✔️✔️ ,” she wrote in the caption.
She also thanked her husband, whom she posed alongside wearing matching “Holly Dolly Christmas” sweatshirts, for the trip: “Thank you@mtylerjohnsonfor making all my hillbilly girl dreams come true ❤️.”
source: people.com
