Kailyn Lowry, Teen Mom Star, Details Son Rio’s Health Scare

Kailyn Lowry is detailing a nightmare experience as a mother. 

The Teen Mom star—mom to Elliott, 15, Lincoln, 11, Lux, 7, Creed, 4, Rio, 2, and twins Verse and Valley, 21 months—recently shared that her 2-year-old will need a procedure to remove a mysterious growth on his stomach. 

“He developed what I thought was a little hernia above his bellybutton,” Kailyn, 33, explained on a July 21 episode of her Coffee Convos podcast with Lindsie Chrisley, noting she first thought it had developed from swim lessons. “Because he has to roll over and float on his back, I thought the stress of that created this little lump that looked like a hernia.”

And Kailyn—who shares Rio, as well as her twins, with ex-fiancé Elijah Scott—noted that a doctor confirmed her theory that it was a hernia, but she became worried when it didn’t improve after several months. 

“Over the last couple weeks, I’ve noticed this protruding out of his abdomen,” she explained. “So, I texted Elijah and I’m like, ‘Hey, I’ve got to call the pediatrician and get him in for this because at this point, it’s worse than it was last year.’”