Aussie radio host shares heartbreaking family update live on-air: ‘Trying to save his life’

Morning radio host Emma Chow has revealed her husband, Enzo, urgently needs a live donor transplant during an emotional on-air update.

Chow, 41, spoke on her own show 2DayFM Breakfast with Nath & Emma on Thursday morning, where she confirmed her husband of 11 years is battling chronic kidney disease. Now, she’s “trying to save” his life.

“Just after Easter, we devastatingly lost two parents, and I’m now trying to save my husband’s life,” she said, referring to the tragic loss of both her husband’s parents.

“Enzo has chronic kidney disease and he needs a live donor transplant. Hopefully, that donor will be me.”

The radio star revealed the couple underwent a number of tests over the past couple of months, and are currently waiting “for the one test that shows if I’m a match or not”.

“It’s the first time that I might finally be able to physically help him after years of feeling like all I could do was watch him suffer,” she said, holding back tears.

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“But I also have to prepare for the news that I’m not a match, and I have to be OK with that.”

Chow said she’s still doing everything possible to make her husband feel safe and supported, including going to every appointment and creating a supportive environment with the kids at home.

This includes “cooking his comfort meals, snuggling on the couch as a family, and sometimes just listening” she revealed.

The host shares two young sons, Valentino and Raphael, with her husband.

“In all honesty, I’m really tired and some days feel a lot harder to push through.”

Chow also revealed why she shared her story with listeners, vowing to share the “highs and lows” of her life to connect with their audience.

She understood that some listeners may be going through their own personal challenges, health related or not.

She spoke of the heartache that comes with “processing” the difficult parts of life while trying to continue with work and the everyday.

“I know what me telling you today isn’t going to fix what you’re going through, but there’s a strange kid of comfort knowing you’re alone,” she told listeners.

Chow promised to share updates with her husband’s journey, and believed they would be OK.

Taking to Instagram after the broadcast, the host said she would “fly to the moon and back” for her husband.

“I love you and our boys more than anything,” she wrote.