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Hoda Kotb Shares Update on Daughter Hope After Her 'Terrifying' Health Crisis (Exclusive)

The proud mom recently penned a book in her daughter's honor.

ET's Rachel Smith spoke to the Today show personality on Friday, at an event where she was being honored by Hudson River Park Friends, and Kotb gave an update on her 4-year-old daughter, Hope, one year after her health scare. "Once you lose hope, that's where things get a little bit scary," Kotb added, "so that's when you gotta have your group, your friends, your faith to kind of lift you up and go, 'No, no, no sweetie, let's all get it in sync here,' because it will happen." As for Hope's reaction to the book, Kotb recalled her daughter quipping, "Uh, Mom, where is Goodnight Moon?

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