A fact everyone knows about life is how fleeting it is. You never know when it will be the last time you meet someone, which is why making every moment count is very important.
Missy Robertson is currently grieving a loss and reminded us of just how fickle life can be…
Keep reading to learn more about the shocking news this family received and is currently grieving.
Missy Robertson is known and well-loved as a television personality who appears on the show ‘Duck Dynasty’. Apart from being a television personality, she is also wife to Jase Robertson, and a mother in her personal life.
Her daughter Mia Robertson was born to her 19 years ago. When Missy was born, she faced some adversities most people don’t. She was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate.
This is a rare condition where a baby’s facial features do not fully develop during pregnancy. As a result, over the course of her 19 years of life, Mia Robertson has undergone several surgeries.
Her mother credits her transformation and well-being to Mia’s longtime surgeon, Dr. David Genecov. The doctor has performed several procedures on Mia since she was a little girl.
Dr. Genecov passed away in a car accident suddenly in November 2022, and it shocked the Robertson family.
The reality TV star took to Instagram to express her sorrow at his sudden passing. She wrote, “Our family is saddened beyond words,” Missy wrote on Instagram. “… Dr. David changed Mia’s life in ways no other surgeon could possibly have done
The 59-year-old doctor was a well-known and respected pediatric craniofacial procedures. She outlined his life and praised him for how dedicated he was to his job and her daughter Mia.
Missy wrote “His caring nature helped calm her (and me), but his steadfast encouragement to both of us that we can do the hard things helped make both me and Mia stronger than we could have thought possible. He laughed at himself and told stories of being shorter than his patients.” She continued, “He looked Mia in the eyes at each visit and involved her in the decisions and plans he had for her health.”
She praised the doctor for his relationship with his parents. She wrote, Dr. David treated her and Mia, as well as all his other patients and their families like true friends. She credited her daughter’s success to him. Mia is a college student now, attending Lipscomb University on an academic scholarship.
The Dallas, Texas-based specialist was also the director of the International Craniofacial Institute. He had treated more than 17,000 people hailing from 30 different countries.
