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Alfonso Ribeiro Says Doctors Had To Scalpel Off Daughter's Skin After Horrible Scooter Accident

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The 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air' star said his daughter Ava faces a 'long process' to recovery after suffering a scooter accident the day before her fourth birthday.

Alfonso Ribeiro shared on Instagram that his daughter Ava had a horrible scooter accident over the weekend and had to undergo an emergency procedure on the eve of her fourth birthday.

He shared:


"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 scaring. So proud of how brave my baby girl was during the surgery."

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air opened up about the incident when he appeared on Live with Kelly and Mark on Tuesday.

"On Thursday, unfortunately, my daughter got injured and had to have emergency surgery."
"So it was a very stressful weekend. She fell and had basically road rash on her face and arm, and so they had to scalpel off all the skin."

Of Ava's recovery, Ribeiro shared:

"It's going to be a long process."

Ribeiro also revealed that the family ignored his wife's intuition that something was going to happen.

"The hard part of it is that my wife really listens to her intuitions and she actually on Thursday bought everyone into the kitchen and told everyone, 'I have a feeling my daughter is going to the ER this week. Do not let her do anything that she can get hurt doing.'"
"That obviously wasn't listened to. And so my nanny was running back into the house to get pads and stuff and [Ava] went on a little sit-down scooter anyway."

He continued:

"She very rarely gets things wrong and sees things coming. You don't always listen to that feeling, and I think that all mothers have that beautiful intuition."
"That was very specific but all mothers have that intuition. You carry this soul around in your body for nine months; there is a connection that men can never understand that women have with their babies."
"And she felt something that unfortunately everyone didn't abide by that information."

People on social media wished Ava a speedy recovery.

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And, of course, many also wished her a happy 4th birthday.

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It appears that sweet Ava still had a wonderful birthday.

Ribeiro shared on Instagram:

"Happy Birthday to my sweet Ava Sue."
"As some of you know Ava had a very difficult week. I’m so proud of how well she handled everything."
"She’s so brave strong and creative. I love everything about my little girl."
"On a side note I’m forever grateful to @mrsangelaribeiro1 for being so amazing during this time. Long nights with a little girl in pain and having to apply medication every few hours."
"My two heroes."

We're happy to hear she's on the mend and was able to celebrate.

Happy birthday, Ava!

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