Dawn’s Natalie Barr reveals terrifying well being scare that left her unable to look forward to months

Natalie Barr has opened up in regards to the terrifying second she thought she’d by no means be capable to sit up or stroll once more.

The Dawn host, 55, instructed Sunday Life, she spent two months mendacity in a hospital mattress when she was simply 15 years outdated.

‘I acquired actually sick with a illness in my backbone known as osteomyelitis. The bug had eaten two of my verterbrae and so they have been crumbling,’ she revealed.

‘I would had again ache and noticed a physio who wrote to my physician… however that evening I ended up in hospital with an orthopaedic surgeon telling me: “Lie down, otherwise you’ll by no means sit up once more”.’

Natalie revealed she wasn’t allowed to look forward to months.

Dawn host Natalie Barr (pictured) has revealed the terrifying well being scare that left her unable to look forward to months

She was flown by the Royal Flying Physician to a Perth hospital the place they found the precise pressure of the bug she had.

Natalie was then ‘pumped with high-dose antibiotics’ for the subsequent couple of months earlier than finally recovering with no everlasting injury.

‘It was traumatic. I did not know if I would be capable to stroll once more,’ she admitted.

Natalie has gained an enormous following since she started anchoring Dawn in 2021. 

She has taken the lion’s share of hard-hitting interviews and has solidified her standing as Australia’s queen of breakfast TV. 

A Seven insider not too long ago instructed Each day Mail Australia the key behind Natalie’s success shouldn’t be solely her glorious journalism expertise, however her type and dependable manner. 

The Dawn host, 55, instructed Sunday Life, she spent two months mendacity in a hospital mattress after a bug took over her physique when she was simply 15 years outdated

‘Nat’s earned the respect of the viewers as a result of she’s proved time after time she sits in that chair to ask the questions they wished answered – regardless of how powerful it is likely to be to ask them,’ they mentioned.

‘There are many prickly individuals in Australian media, however Nat’s proved you may make it to the highest by being type and dependable. She cares about everybody she works with.

‘Nat’s secret? She would not faux it. There aren’t any video games. She loves her household, her job and good journalism.’

Each day Mail Australia analytics additionally present that Australians, whether or not Dawn viewers or not, are inquisitive about what she has to say about points as numerous as Titanic submarine disappearance, Medicare and the Brittany Higgins case.

‘I acquired actually sick with a illness in my backbone known as osteomyelitis. The bug had eaten two of my verterbrae and so they have been crumbling,’ she revealed