{"id":27895,"date":"2022-02-13T00:40:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T00:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=369017"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:13:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:13:43","slug":"dad-gets-tattoo-on-his-chest-to-match-daughters-scar-so-she-wouldnt-feel-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/dad-gets-tattoo-on-his-chest-to-match-daughters-scar-so-she-wouldnt-feel-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad Gets Tattoo On His Chest To Match Daughter\u2019s Scar So She Wouldn\u2019t Feel Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A man from Crystal Lake, Illinois is Dad Of The Year, after helping his four-year-old daughter feel like she isn\u2019t alone after undergoing three open-heart surgeries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Matt Backe got a tattoo on his chest that looks identical to the scar his daughter, Everly, has from her surgeries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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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.<\/span><\/p>\n

She now has a scar on her chest, which her family refers to as a \u201czipper,\u201d because it will have to be opened again when she undergoes heart surgeries in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

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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 \u201czipper buddies,\u201d and so she wouldn\u2019t feel so alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

A local tattoo artist used a picture of Everly\u2019s tattoo and was able to recreate her scar on Backe\u2019s chest.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t want me to be alone,\u201d Everly said. \u201cHe wanted to be special like me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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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\u2019s initials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their ten-year-old son, Jack, also wants to get a matching scar tattoo to support his sister when he turns 18.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hear more of this heartwarming story in the video below:<\/span><\/p>\n