"It's been a terrible year": Karl shares worried update on daughter's health
A devastated Karl Stefanovic has revealed that his two-year-old daughter Harper has been struggling with her health for the past year.
The Today Show co-host shares baby Harper, two, with his wife Jasmine after they married in 2018.
Karl was speaking to top doctor Dr Nick Coatsworth and revealed on the breakfast program that his daughter has suffered through several illnesses in the past 12 months.
“My daughter, Harper, she's been getting a lot of sicknesses. It's been a terrible year,” he said.
“She got crook last week with influenza. She has an asthma kind of thing now. But it's not asthma. It is helping. So a lot of kids are going through that at the moment, aren't they?”
Dr Coatsworth explained that this was effect lockdowns and the country reopening for the respiratory illnesses attacking both children and adults.
“A lot of kids, adolescents, adults... we've had this awful season of respiratory viruses. Almost certainly attributed to lack of human movement during lockdown, which of course we needed to do. But this is the price we pay,” he said.
He also believes that by the time 2023 flu season rolls by, both adults and children alike will be better off.
“Our immune system has evolved over millions of years. It's there to help us, it's there to protect us,” he said.
“When we're exposed to viruses, it certainly makes us stronger for the future.”
When it came to addressing Karl’s fear, Dr Coatsworth explained that some children will need asthma medication.
“So, yes, some children and adults will need asthma medication for a short period of time, particularly for the post viral cough.”
Back in June, a terrified Karl and Jasmine rushed their daughter to hospital after she woke up in a terrible condition.
“Little Harpie, she went downhill. She just had a sniffle and a small cough. Then within six hours, we had her at the GP,” Karl said at the time.
“We gave her Nurofen, Pandadol but her heartbeat went up to 200 and her temperature was at 40 in almost an instant. So it got a hold of her.
“It was only because of a great GP she was able to get on top of it, straight into the ambulance, then to the hospital. She was there overnight.”
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