{"id":57086,"date":"2025-10-21T22:33:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T02:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/reddick-faces-tough-battle-son-with-chest-tumor-and-heart-problems\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T22:33:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T02:33:44","slug":"reddick-faces-tough-battle-son-with-chest-tumor-and-heart-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/reddick-faces-tough-battle-son-with-chest-tumor-and-heart-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Reddick faces tough battle: Son with chest tumor and heart problems"},"content":{"rendered":"In a weekend marked by emotion and uncertainty, Tyler Reddick competed with his championship hopes put to the test, after the revelation that his newborn son is facing a delicate medical situation.\n\nThe little one, born in May, has been diagnosed with a tumor in the chest that affects his heart, according to his wife Alexa.\n\nBefore the race at The Roval circuit of Charlotte Motor Speedway, where Reddick started from the pole position, the couple shared details about their son’s health.\n\nShane van Gisbergen took the victory in the race, leaving Reddick out of the Cup title contention.\n\nAlexa Reddick, through social media, reported on her son’s condition, detailing that the tumor is affecting the renal vein and artery, which has caused an enlargement of the heart.\n\nThe four-month-old child will have to undergo surgery to remove a kidney that no longer functions.\n\n

He will undergo surgery to remove his right kidney. We are not sure when.<\/p>Alexa Reddick<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe mother added that, despite the situation, her son remains cheerful, playing and interacting with the medical staff.\n\nTyler Reddick had kept his son’s situation private until his wife decided to make it public before last week’s race at Kansas Speedway.\n\nReddick shared some updates on his son’s health in Charlotte.\n\n

Healthier probably isn’t the right word, but I’ve never seen him happier. His color looks good. He’s gained weight. A lot of things are going well.<\/p>Tyler Reddick<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe pilot acknowledged that there are still challenges ahead.\n\nReddick, who reached the championship final last year, was below the cut line for the drivers.\n\nThe race reduced the field of competitors from 12 to eight, eliminating Reddick, his teammate Bubba Wallace, Ross Chastain, and Austin Cindric.\n\nReddick expressed his focus on the race, prioritizing the family situation.\n\nDenny Hamlin, co-owner of Reddick’s car, highlighted 23XI Racing’s support in securing the best medical care for Reddick’s son.\n\nHamlin also expressed relief at the progress in understanding the child’s medical situation.\n\nReddick, who started alongside van Gisbergen, who won for the fifth consecutive time on a road or street circuit, valued the support received.\n\nThe pilot reflected on the emotional impact this situation has had on his family.\n\nReddick thanked for the support received and acknowledged that this is the most difficult situation he has faced.\n\nHe also commented on the decision to compete in the previous race.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a weekend marked by emotion and uncertainty, Tyler Reddick competed with his championship hopes put to the test, after the revelation that his newborn son is facing a delicate medical situation. The little one, born in May, has been diagnosed with a tumor in the chest that affects his heart, according to his wife […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[9512,182,9498,9349],"class_list":{"0":"post-57086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nascar","7":"tag-infant-son","8":"tag-nascar","9":"tag-tumor","10":"tag-tyler-reddick"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}