Photo: Teddi Mellencamp/Instagram
Two little pups are bringingTeddi Mellencamp Arroyave’s family some much-needed Christmas cheer.
“Santa came a bit early,” the 38-year-oldReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar wrote alongside a photo of the dogs. “Welcome to the family Porkchop and Havana (Ohh Na Na). While Khaleesi will never be replaced in our hearts, seeing how our snugglebugs lit up with these two, Santa knew exactly what was needed to brighten up the holidays.”
In the photo the dogs — who appear to be French bulldogs — are decked out in holiday accessories and in the arms of the reality star’s kids,Cruz, 5, andSlate, 7, with husband Edwin Arroyave.
“Without going too into it– we were out of town and placed Khaleesi in a place of care where an accident happened,” she continued.
Mellencamp went into more detailearlier this week on her podcast, explaining that the family chose to put Khaleesi in a doggy daycare while they traveled south of Los Angeles for Isabella’s birthday party.
“She had been to this doggy daycare place before … The kids and I pack her up, drop her off,” Mellencamp said. “We see the people there, we see the other little doggies. They’re not locked up in crates. It’s safe. You know, we think everything’s great.”
Later, Mellencamp said she got a “hysterical phone call” from the owner of the daycare facility.
“I can’t even make out what she’s saying, but I know it’s her phone number,” she said. “I can hear that she’s saying, ‘I’m at the vet.’ So I say, ‘Can you please put the vet on?’ I talk to the vet, and they say that Khaleesi’s not breathing, she’s going to need to go on life support, and they don’t know what happened to her.”
The mother said she “figured out how to numb” herself throughout her stepdaughter’s birthday party while she waited for more information.
When she asked if she could go visit Khaleesi at the vet, “They said, ‘There’s no point. You can’t touch her. You can’t talk to her. She’s … on life support,’ ” Mellencamp said. “There’s nothing you can do, and she’s not responsive. She won’t hear you. She won’t know that you’re there.’ So then, I just had to wait. And then, at three in the morning, the vet called, and they said, ‘Yeah, she passed.’ ”
“Long story short: What they think happened is she either had brain or spinal injury from a fall, and she passed away,” Mellencamp explained, audibly crying.
source: people.com
