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Our Mama Bella, our Gigi, our Gato is about to head into brain surgery. I ask for so many prayers, so much light and love sent her way. ❤️✨ Sadly they found what you can compare to a tumor on her brain stem that has been paralyzing her face. I have faith that the amazing doctors will do an incredible job and our Gigi will be on the road to recovery starting late today. She’s loved by so many of us and just pray that her road to recovery is exactly what we are hoping for so we can put two new grand babies in her arms soon. Love you SOOO much Mom! You have a big Bella Army out here praying for you!! ❤️🙏🏼✨

A post shared by Nikki Bella (@thenikkibella) on Jun 30, 2020 at 7:34am PDT

Laurinaitis has appeared on several episodes of \"Total Bellas,\" alongside her daughters. This is a big summer for the family, as both Nikki and Brie Bella, 36, are expecting babies.

Nikki Bella is expecting a baby boy with her fiancé Artem Chigvintsev, while Brie Bella and her husband, WWE star Daniel Bryan, are expecting their second child around the same time.

\"Just pray that her road to recovery is exactly what we are hoping for so we can put two new grand babies in her arms soon,\" Nikki Bella wrote Tuesday. \"Love you SOOO much Mom! You have a big Bella Army out here praying for you!!\"

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