Friday,
8 August 2025
Fighting back

GEORGIA Watson had the world at her feet, 18 years old playing netball in the state league and studying nursing and paramedicine on an elite athletics scholarship at a Melbourne university.

After suffering from cold–like symptoms for the best part of two weeks, she finally took to the netball court again, running 20 metres before collapsing face first.

Less than a year later, she was wheelchai...

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