While Bert Newton recovers in hospital after having his leg amputated, his wife Patti Newton has been at his side every step of the way.
WATCH BELOW: Patti Newton provides update on Bert’s health battle
After news broke of Bert’s toe infection, which resulted in him losing a leg, his wife provided an update on the TV legend’s harrowing health battle.
Speaking to 9News as she was visiting Bert in hospital, Patti revealed she has already started making alterations to her house to accommodate her husband once he returns home.
What’s more, despite the big procedure, Patti assured the outlet that the presenter was in “good spirits”.
“He’s got a big journey ahead of him, as we all have, but you know Bert; onward and upward,” she said.
In a chat with The Daily Telegraph, Patti confessed what it was like to see her husband on the morning of his operation.
“I came in on Saturday at 6.30am and I saw him before he was operated on. I have never seen anybody in more pain,” she admitted.
“I just felt he could not go through pain like he was going through for much longer.”
Patti described Bert’s surgery as a “long day and a long wait” and spoke of her husband’s fighting spirit, saying he chose to do the life-changing surgery because “he has so much to live for”.
“This is not a death sentence. He is lucky; he has got family all around him. The grandkids mean the world to him,” she said.
The news regarding the TV WEEK Gold Logie winner’s harrowing ordeal broke via Peter Ford, where he said Bert’s health concerns began around Christmas with an infection in his toe.
“It got worse … he was seeing doctors and specialists and they couldn’t seem to get it right, it kept on spreading,” Peter said.
“Basically he was told last week, you have a couple of months to live, or if you have your leg amputated, you’ll probably have a few years. So, he agreed to have the leg amputated on Saturday.”
He then went on to describe it as a “life or death decision that was presented” to the star, and one that would impact the rest of his life with wife, Patti.
“It’s a big decision for anyone to make, but it’s also a practical thing, because they live in a two-storey place with the bedrooms and the bathrooms upstairs, so they’re now having to convert the house downstairs because Patti doesn’t want him to go into a nursing home,” he said.
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