Jessica Rowe has shared a moving update on her husband Peter Overton’s recent health scare.
The television star’s newsreader partner was recently forced off air to undergo surgery on his vocal chords after doctors discovered a polyp.
The podcaster, 54, tells this week’s issue of Stellar Magazine that the recovery process was difficult for Peter, 58.
‘Petey, like me, loves to talk. He’s got a wonderful voice therapist helping him to make sure he’s using his voice properly and not putting too much stress on it’ she said.
‘When you lose something that is so at the essence of who you are and what you do… oh my goodness’ Jess continued.
‘But he’s back at work, and able to talk again, so he doesn’t just have to clap his hands at me loudly’.
Jessica Rowe has shared a moving update on her husband Peter Overton’s recent health scare. Pictured in Stellar Magazine
Jess previously said that it was a ‘scary’ time for the 9News veteran.
‘Peter is good. He’s all good. Obviously it was scary at the time,’ Rowe told told Daily Mail Australia.
‘It’s nice he’s back at work. He’s loving being back at work and we’re loving having him out of the house’.
Overton previously said he was terrified by the ordeal because the surgery left him unable to talk for a week.
News of Overton’s shock health scare was broken by his wife Jessica.
Rowe shared a photo to Instagram of Peter hugging their pet dog and captioned it with some alarming words.
‘Peter doesn’t do Insta and he wanted me to share some news. He’s off work for a little longer at the moment,’ she wrote.
‘After an Ear Nose and Throat surgeon discovered a polyp on one of his vocal cords, which explains his very raspy voice over the holidays.’
The television star’s newsreader partner was recently forced off air to undergo surgery on his vocal chords after doctors discovered a polyp. Jess and Peter (right) have been married since 2004 and share two daughters
She added Peter had already been in surgery and had to minimise his speaking as part of the recovery process, meaning he wouldn’t be able to return to work for some time.
‘He was operated on. Part of his recovery is no talking for now (a HUGE challenge for him!!). Hopefully he’ll be back to Nine News soonish,’ she explained.
Overton described the polyp as ‘like a big blister hanging off’ his vocal cords.
‘I must admit, it scared the living daylights out of me,’ he said.
‘So I was operated on three days later and they lasered it off. Then I was in hospital for a day, and then home… no talking for over a week.’
Rowe’s eldest daughter Allegra, 18, is currently enjoying a successful modelling career and even starred in last year’s Australian Fashion Week.
But it was the TV star’s youngest daughter Giselle, 16, who was in the spotlight when she joined her mother at the Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy premiere in Sydney in February.
Jessica is extremely proud and supportive of her daughters, and helped her eldest Allegra break into the modelling industry.
‘When you lose something that is so at the essence of who you are and what you do… oh my goodness’ Jess said
Speaking to Daily Mail, she indicated her youngest has her sights set on a slightly different career path.
‘Giselle is very passionate about wanting to make a difference in the world one day, so she really wanted to come along,’ Rowe said.
The Year 10 student slicked her brunette hair back into a sleek ponytail and looked right at home amongst the accomplished guest list of attendees dining at Alpha restaurant.
She borrowed a pretty Camilla frock from her mother’s wardrobe, while Rowe complemented the ensemble in a pop of red dress by Romance Was Born.
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