{"id":861916,"date":"2026-08-20T10:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861916\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:56:14","slug":"aussie-radio-host-emma-chow-shares-heartbreaking-family-update-live-on-air-trying-to-save-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/861916\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie radio host Emma Chow shares heartbreaking family update live on-air: \u2018Trying to save his life\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Chow, 41, spoke on her own show 2DayFM Breakfast with Nath & Emma<\/a> on Thursday morning, where she confirmed her husband of 11 years is battling chronic kidney disease. Now, she\u2019s \u201ctrying to save\u201d his life. <\/p>\n

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Breakfast radio host Emma, of \u2018Mike E & Emma\u2019 fame shared an emotional family update on air. \u00a0Instagram\/@emmaechow<\/p>\n

\u201cJust after Easter, we devastatingly lost two parents, and I\u2019m now trying to save my husband\u2019s life,\u201d she said, referring to the tragic loss of both her husband\u2019s parents. <\/p>\n

\u201cEnzo has chronic kidney disease and he needs a live donor transplant. Hopefully, that donor will be me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The radio star revealed the couple underwent a number of tests over the past couple of months, and are currently waiting \u201cfor the one test that shows if I\u2019m a match or not\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s 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,\u201d she said, holding back tears. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut I also have to prepare for the news that I\u2019m not a match, and I have to be OK with that.\u201d <\/p>\n

Chow said she\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n

This includes \u201ccooking his comfort meals, snuggling on the couch as a family, and sometimes just listening\u201d she revealed. <\/p>\n

The host shares two young sons, Valentino and Raphael, with her husband. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn all honesty, I\u2019m really tired and some days feel a lot harder to push through.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emma shares two sons with her husband of 11 years. \u00a0Instagram\/@emmaechow<\/p>\n

Chow also revealed why she shared her story with listeners, vowing to share the \u201chighs and lows\u201d of her life to connect with their audience. <\/p>\n

She understood that some listeners may be going through their own personal challenges, health related or not.<\/p>\n

She spoke of the heartache that comes with \u201cprocessing\u201d the difficult parts of life while trying to continue with work and the everyday. <\/p>\n

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Emma hopes she can be her husband\u2019s donor. \u00a0Instagram\/@emmaechow<\/p>\n

\u201cI know what me telling you today isn\u2019t going to fix what you\u2019re going through, but there\u2019s a strange kid of comfort knowing you\u2019re alone,\u201d she told listeners. <\/p>\n

Chow promised to share updates with her husband\u2019s journey, and believed they would be OK. <\/p>\n

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Emma reassured to listeners they would be \u201cOK\u201d. \u00a0Instagram\/@emmaechow<\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram<\/a> after the broadcast, the host said she would \u201cfly to the moon and back\u201d for her husband. <\/p>\n

\u201cI love you and our boys more than anything,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n