Alfonso Ribeiro reveals it’ll take ‘months’ for four-year-old daughter to recover from ‘scary’ injury

Alfonso Ribeiro’s daughter Ava Sue, 4, has a protracted restoration forward of her following her scooter accident, however the Dancing with the Stars host maintains she is doing “great.”

Back in May, simply in the future earlier than her fourth birthday, little Ava had to undergo emergency surgical procedure after falling off of her sit-down scooter, which left her with severe accidents.

Alfonso, 51, wrote in an Instagram submit on the time: “Not the kind of day you want the day before turning 4. Just want to give a heartfelt thank you to @kareskinmd for the emergency service and procedure to help lessen the likelihood of scarring. So proud of how brave my baby girl was during the surgery.”

Now, giving a hopeful replace to People, Alfonso stated: “My daughter is doing great,” including that regardless of the “scary times, scary moments,” Ava is “recovering wonderfully.”

“She’ll be here this weekend and so she’s doing wonderful,” he stated forward of a Fourth of July occasion in Washington D.C., including: “The progress is coming along as we expected. It’s a long, long process. But she’s doing wonderful.”

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Recalling the May incident, he informed the outlet: “I wasn’t standing there when it happened,” and defined: “Our nanny was there so we missed that, but she came in and – obviously – it was immediate that I knew that we were taking her to a doctor.”

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Alfonso shares Ava along with his second spouse, Angela Unkrich, who he married in 2012. They additionally share sons Alfonso “AJ” Lincoln, 9, and Anders Reyn, eight; he additionally has a 20-year-old daughter, Sienna, with ex-wife Robin Stapler.

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The father-of-four went on to reward his little lady’s perseverance, forward of what he stated will likely be a months-long restoration.

“She’s still moving around,” he stated, including: “It’s technically healed, but it’s a big old scar so you want that to slowly work its way away and that’s what we’re working on.”

He additional famous: “It’s just on its exterior. So it’s nothing that serious – but to your baby it’s a big deal to you.”

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At the time of Ava’s accident, her mother Angela wrote on Instagram: “My poor baby. I woke up and had a vision/motherly intuition of Ava ending up in the ER today,” earlier than explaining: “I announced to the fam, kids, sitter & friends helping out getting ready for Ava’s birthday party that ‘we are not doing anything crazy or dangerous today that could potentially end up with an ER visit.’ I literally made everyone lock eyes [with] me when I said these words.”

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She continued: “Sadly, my words were soon forgotten and long story short, this poor girl crashed off a sit-down scooter… the day before her bday.

“Not a enjoyable approach to spend your final day as a three-year-old, however she was a trooper. Giving this candy lady some further cuddles tonight,” Angela concluded.