Taylor Selfridge has given fans an update on her daughter Maya’s health, weeks after going radio-silent on social media after posting a photo showing Maya in the hospital.
Teen Mom fans have peppered Taylor’s social media accounts over the past few weeks, asking her for an update, and on Tuesday, Taylor resurfaced on Snapchat, letting fans know that Maya— whom she shares with Cory Wharton— has been in the hospital for 16 days. (She remains there as of press time.)
“16 days in the hospital…. this is the longest stay/most stressful one we’ve ever had and that’s saying a lot,” Taylor wrote in the caption of a photo posted to Snapchat that shows her lying in a hospital bed with Maya. “She’s getting much better, hoping to get out of here soon. It’s a long story and I’ll give you guys an update when we get back home.”
As ‘Teen Mom’ fans know, Maya was born with a rare form of heart disease called tricuspid atresia and has already undergone several heart surgeries in her lifetime, with the most recent being an open-heart surgery called the Fontan procedure back in October. Maya spent 13 days in the hospital for that procedure.
“This will be a forever health issue for her, but she should never need another open-heart surgery again and if she does, she will probably be older than me now,” Taylor wrote on Instagram in October after Maya’s surgery. “She is absolutely the strongest person I have ever known. I’ve watched her go through very, very traumatic things over the last 3 years and after all of this it’s not easy road, but at the end of the day, it was all worth it because she’s here.”
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Fans became worried after Taylor— who usually posts to her Snapchat multiple times a day— stopped posting or responding on social media after posting the single photo of Maya in the hospital in March. Things became even more worrisome when several spoiler accounts for The Challenge reported on X that Cory— who had been in Thailand filming ‘The Challenge’ Season 42— had left the show and flown home.
Cory’s other baby mama, Cheyenne Floyd (with whom he shares daughter Ryder) stated on social media that she was watching Cory and Taylor’s cat while they were dealing with a personal situation but repeatedly stated she would not be going into detail about what was happening, as it was not her information to reveal.
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Anyway, Taylor posted a short video to Snapchat on Tuesday letting fans know that Maya has improved.
“I don’t want to give a full update right now because it’s a lot,” she said, adding that Maya is still currently hospitalized. “And I’d rather get home and be in the clear before I talk about it. It’s been a lot. We all need therapy after this. It’s been bad.
“But she’s doing good. She’s doing so much better, you guys have no clue,” Taylor said of Maya. “We’re hoping to get out of here this week. We’re not sure but hopefully we’ll be able to leave soon.”
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Taylor noted that Maya has only been able to leave her hospital room for the past few days.
“And now she’s on room air; she’s not on oxygen now so we’re moving and grooving,” she said. “But I’ll give you guys the full story. It’s much more than you guys even know. Just when we get home and we’re in the clear, in our own home, that’s when I would feel more comfortable talking about it.
Taylor also posted some photos of Maya in the hospital, along with photos of her with her sister Mila (whom Taylor wrote is staying with her parents currently).
She also posted photos to celebrate Ryder, who turned nine years old on Tuesday.
“Missing these 3 together,” Taylor captioned a photo of all three girls on Snapchat.
Cory has not yet posted to social media regarding Maya’s latest health emergency.
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