Bachelor star Tara Pavlovic details the horrific moment she nearly lost her 8-week-old daughter to a devastating illness READ MORE: The Bachelor's Tara Pavlovic welcomes her second child with husband Nick Shepherdson - a little girl with a VERY unique name By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:26, 23 October 2024 | Updated: 23:26, 23 October 2024 e-mail View comments Tara Pavlovic has spoken about the horrifying illness that almost claimed the life of her eight-week-old daughter. Speaking on the Two Doting Dads Podcast this week, the former Bachelor star, 34, revealed she almost lost newborn Edi-Rae to Respiratory syncytial virus ( RSV ). 'So, at eight weeks old, [older child] Paddy went into hospital and got grommets in, so we had this surgery, and he came back, and he was really sick,' she explained.
Tara shared, 'I think he picked up RSV from the hospital, but he must have had other viruses from kindy before that. He gave them to Edi-Rae, and she was such a silent little girl. She didn't really cry a lot or anything, so it was so hard to tell she was sick.
' What initially seemed like a minor issue quickly escalated. Tara noticed Edi-Rae's breathing became laboured and immediately rushed him to the hospital. 'They did some swabs and initially thought she was okay to go home, but warned me she could decline.
The next day, her condition worsened, and I just knew I had to take her back.' Once back in the hospital, the situation turned dire. 'They got her swabs ba.