Can’t Speak, But Still a Mum: Savannah Guthrie’s Silent Recovery After Surgery — and the Heart-Melting Way She’s Talking to Her Kids
Savannah Guthrie Can’t Talk After Her Surgery — Here’s How She’s Communicating with Her Kids
Savannah’s son Charley drew a picture for his mom.Courtesy Instagram/ Savannah Guthrie
Though she has to remain silent for several weeks, Savannah Guthrie insists she is “really excited” to finally put her long-running health battle behind her.
Savannah’s daughter Vale drew a cute picture of flowers in a vase.Courtesy Instagram/ Savannah Guthrie
After undergoing recent surgery on her vocal cords, the TODAY co-host has been forced into total silence — but that hasn’t stopped her from staying closely connected to her children, daughter Vale, 11, and son Charley, 9.
To answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’, Savannah just presses a buzzer! Courtesy Instagram/ Savannah Guthrie
As part of her recovery, Savannah was told she must be “totally silent” for a few weeks. At first, she relied on a simple whiteboard to get her message across.
“See you soon!
” she captioned a photo shared on January 5, showing herself holding a dry-erase board with the words: “All good! Thanks for prayers and love!”
Just a day later, Savannah revealed on her Instagram Stories that “the kids have fully taken over the white board, but all for love.” She shared sweet drawings, including a picture of a house — carefully labelled “the house” — believed to be drawn by Charley, complete with a boy wearing a baseball cap.
Her daughter Vale also left her own loving message: a drawing of a vase filled with flowers, signed with a heartfelt “Get well soon!”
And that wasn’t the only creative solution.
Savannah also showed fans a pair of plastic game buzzers she now uses to weigh in on family decisions. One is red with an “X” for no, and the other is green with a circle for yes.
In a short video, she joked: “Hilarious and useful gift from a friend — yes and no buttons. One guess which is getting used more.”
Thankfully, she won’t need the whiteboard and buzzers for long.
Savannah first told TODAY viewers on December 19 that she would be stepping away from the show to treat a long-standing issue with her voice.
“I have vocal nodules, and now I also have a polyp,” she explained. “It’s not a big, big deal, but I am going to have a surgery real early in the new year and be off for a couple of weeks. So it’s my last day for a little while.”
The presenter admitted the problem has been affecting her for years — and she’s ready to close this chapter for good.
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“I’m really excited about it,” she said. “This has been going on for years, honestly.”
For now, Savannah may not be able to speak — but thanks to drawings, whiteboards and a pair of buzzing buttons, her home is still filled with love, laughter and the quiet strength of a mum who refuses to let silence steal her voice.
