Tori Roloff and Zach Roloff are no longer cast members of Little People, Big World.
They announced this spring that they would be leaving the series at the end of its latest season.
Thankfully, however, the beloved couple isn’t completely out of the spotlight, as they recently co-hosted a podcast called “Raising Heights.”
In an episode that aired late last week, the Roloffs gave listeners an update on their youngest daughter’s condition.
“She’s recovering well,” Zach said on the broadcast, referring to Lila, four, who recently had her tonsils and adenoids removed.
After wife Tori admitted she was “grateful” for her child’s progress, Zach added:
“She was very emotional, very emotional when she woke up and after her nap. She was obviously milking it.
We’re pretty sure he was joking with that last statement.
Tori and Zach told fans in May that Lila needed the surgery.
“I think we were all really nervous about how she was going to handle it, but she’s doing great,” Tori said on the podcast.
“We kept taking a lot of pills because everyone said, ‘They thought they were fine and then all of a sudden they’re not. So keep taking pills. But it’s like we didn’t wake up in the middle of the night to do it.’
After the surgery, Lila no longer snores and her sleep quality throughout the night is better than before.
In May, the former reality stars said their daughter was diagnosed with “moderate sleep apnea” after a sleep study and had to undergo the surgery to improve her sleep quality.
“She’s going to have a hard time waking up from the anesthesia,” Zach shared at the time. “She surprised us, though, with her sleep study. They didn’t do anything in her sleep study.
Zach and Tori are also parents to Jackson, 7, and Josiah, 2.
The youngest child had the same sleep study done at the time, but at least it didn’t require any further medical testing or procedures.
Like their father and grandparents before them, the three children were born with achondroplasic dwarfism, and the three children will likely struggle with some health and/or physical problems later in life.
But Tori and Zach often say how lucky they are that their kids are generally doing okay so far.
“Dwarfism awareness has always been a very sensitive topic for myself. I think I have made it my life’s goal to ensure that our children don’t grow up to be called ‘dwarfs.’ Not because it’s offensive or I’m afraid of the word, but because I’m afraid our children will be defined by it,” Tori wrote on Instagram last year.
Added the mother of three children at the time:
“I want to help ease the tension that comes with this diagnosis and remind all parents that dwarfism does not define you or your child. God chose you for your child. God chose you for this world. God chose you .Happy Dwarfism Awareness Day!
