A man from Crystal Lake, Illinois is Dad Of The Year, after helping his four-year-old daughter feel like she isn’t alone after undergoing three open-heart surgeries.
Matt Backe got a tattoo on his chest that looks identical to the scar his daughter, Everly, has from her surgeries.
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Everly was born with a critical congenital heart defect that forced her to undergo her first open-heart surgery at just three days old, and two more before she was even a year old.
She now has a scar on her chest, which her family refers to as a “zipper,” because it will have to be opened again when she undergoes heart surgeries in the future.
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Everly always asks questions about her scar, so Backe decided to get a replica of it tattooed on him, so that they could be “zipper buddies,” and so she wouldn’t feel so alone.
A local tattoo artist used a picture of Everly’s tattoo and was able to recreate her scar on Backe’s chest.
“He didn’t want me to be alone,” Everly said. “He wanted to be special like me.”
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Backe inspired his wife, Lauren, to get a tattoo as well. She now has a tattoo of EKG lines, which show a heart rate, next to her kid’s initials.
Their ten-year-old son, Jack, also wants to get a matching scar tattoo to support his sister when he turns 18.
Hear more of this heartwarming story in the video below:
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