LaVar Ball was preserving tabs on his son’s speedy rise within the rap recreation regardless of his current critical well being points … ‘trigger the well-known pops had a particular FaceTime with Gelo from his hospital mattress in between a number of surgical procedures that led to the Large Ballers’ foot being amputated.

TMZ Sports activities broke the story earlier this yr — LaVar had his proper foot amputated after issues from an an infection … and in a video of his chat along with his center son, it is clear his love and pleasure for his household helped him through the tough time.

The 57-year-old shared the video with us … which exhibits Gelo excitedly telling his dad about all of the updates along with his music profession, together with touchdown a set at Rolling Loud in Los Angeles.

“That is what I am speaking about, son,” he stated. “S*** is over and you continue to acquired hoop on the again finish. Ain’t no n**** acquired no s*** like that, canine.”

“Get me a prosthetic leg up there and be bouncing on one leg.”

Whereas it is unclear precisely when the video was shot, you may hear the raspiness in LaVar’s voice. Throughout an interview with SLAM Journal, Ball stated he went below the knife three completely different instances to repair the possibly life-threatening drawback — and acquired 4 separate blood transfusions.

“It made me assume, ‘Man, simply kill me and let me go about my enterprise,'” he stated. “It made me assume that possibly it is time for me to close it down.”

Regardless of the well being battle, it is clear LaVar was capable of put the stress and fear apart quickly as he listened to Gelo discuss linking up with Lil Wayne, who finally hopped on his “Tweaker” remix.

LaVar has not been seen out in public a lot because the process. His youngest son, LaMelo, shared a photograph of the 2 when the Hornets had been on the town to tackle the Lakers, saying, “It was solely proper” to examine in on his pops.

The chief of the Ball fam is now hoping that what occurred to him is a lesson for others … encouraging folks to get routine appointments with their medical doctors.