article_snippet: the Nine newsreader is recovering in hospital after undergoing spinal surgery on Monday. '
article_snippet: The 48-year-old journalist was in constant pain while reading the news last week and had lost almost all feeling in The 48-year-old journalist right arm and hand, according to 9news.com.au.
article_snippet: Nine explained that The 48-year-old journalist took leave for treatment on Thursday and an MRI scan revealed that The 48-year-old journalist had a ruptured disc near the top of The 48-year-old journalist spine.
article_snippet: The 48-year-old journalist pain so bad that a neurosurgeon made the decision to operate 'almost immediately'. '
article_snippet: But The 48-year-old journalist is doing really well and I am under instructions to bring a really good coffee, a double shot.'
article_snippet: The news veteran shocked the industry when The news veteran posted a selfie from The news veteran hospital bed, the popular presenter pictured with oxygen tubes in The news veteran nose and with wife Jessica by The news veteran side. '
article_snippet: My darling wife a delight 2 see after emerging from spinal surgery,' The news veteran captioned the image uploaded to Twitter. '
article_snippet: The 48-year-old was believed to be suffering back problems at work recently and looked like a shadow of the typically smiling face that's beamed into Australian homes each night for the 6pm bulletin, as The news veteran recovered in hospital from an operation to relieve what was originally believed to have been a pinched nerve.
article_snippet: The news veteran’s recovering, the great news is surgery went really well and The news veteran doctor is really pleased and The news veteran is expected to make a full recovery,' his doctor told Daily Mail Australia. '