Teddi Mellencamp Celebrates ‘Miracle’ Daughter Dove’s 6th Birthday amid Cancer Journey

Madison E. GoldbergThu, February 26, 2026 at 4:47 AM UTC

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Teddi Mellencamp and DoveCredit: Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram -

Teddi Mellencamp is celebrating her daughter Dove's 6th birthday

Mellencamp referred to Dove as her "miracle baby" in an Instagram post shared on Wednesday, Feb. 25

Dove underwent neurosurgery after she was diagnosed with lambdoid craniosynostosis in 2020 at only 9 months old

Teddi Mellencamp is celebrating her daughter Dove's 6th birthday.

Mellencamp, 44, shared the sweet Instagram post on Wednesday, Feb. 25. "Happy birthday to my miracle baby," the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum wrote in the caption.

"The strength and resilience you have shown since you came into this world is something I have learned to use in my own fight," Mellencamp wrote, in reference to Dove undergoing neurosurgery after she was diagnosed with lambdoid craniosynostosis in 2020, and her own current journey with cancer treatment. "And now at 6, you’re teaching us all how to enjoy life to the fullest while being your unabashed self. I am still so sorry I was in the hospital and missed your 5th party; but dang you don’t know how grateful I am to be at this one. Love you so much, Dovey Doo. Hope this year is your best yet."

In the first photo, Mellencamp cradles a baby Dove post-surgery, and in the second photo, the mother and daughter duo spend time together at Dove's birthday party.

Real Housewives of Orange County star Tamra Judge chimed in, writing "Happy birthday Dove 🕊️."

The reality star was previously open about her daughter's health journey. "Hi guys, I am 9 months old and other than a zig zag scar underneath my hair across my head I wouldn’t even know I had neurosurgery a few months back," Mellencamp shared alongside a photo of her daughter wearing a cranial helmet on Instagram in 2020 after Dove's life-saving surgery.

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A few weeks ago, Mellencamp reflected on the one-year anniversary of her stage 4 cancer diagnosis. “A year ago today I went into the ER thinking I had migraines and within 24 hours was having surgery on the plum-sized stage 4 tumors on my brain," she wrote in the caption of a photo of herself in the hospital, with sensors on her forehead, that she posted to Instagram on Feb. 9.

“I have a lot of anxiety surrounding today but also a lot of gratitude. Gratitude for the doctors and nurses who took care of me, gratitude for my family and friends for supporting me, and gratitude for all the love that you have poured into me,” Mellencamp wrote.

Teddi Mellencamp and Dove after Dove underwent neurosurgery in 2020Credit: Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram

Her cancer journey first began in 2022 as skin cancer — specifically, stage 2 melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. She underwent 17 surgeries for the invasive skin cancer, but in April 2025, Mellencamp shared the news that it had advanced to stage 4, as it had metastasized to her brain and lungs.

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Although doctors had originally given her a “50/50” chance of survival, Mellencamp — who is being treated with ongoing immunotherapy — says she has “no trace of cancer.”

She previously told PEOPLE exclusively that she recalled "being at the Super Bowl working it with Tamra [Judge] and just having these burning headaches and just thinking, 'What is wrong with me?' And coming home the day after the Super Bowl and going into the hospital."

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