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Jacinta Price reveals the heartbreaking toll of losing her older brother to cancer when she was aged just three – as she supports her ‘warrior’ nephew in his own battle
- Senator Jacinta Price has shared a post to social media about childhood cancer
- Indigenous politician lost her brother, Leonard, to leukaemia when she was 3
- She posted a photo with her nephew, Pipantji, who is currently in remission
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Jacinta Price has opened up about the heartbreak of losing her older brother to leukaemia when she was just three years old.
The Indigenous Senator shared a post to her social media on Monday to raise awareness about cancer affecting young kids as part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
She revealed how the disease has personally impacted her life with her older brother, Leonard, tragically dying from cancer at the age of 10 while her nephew, Pipantji, is now in remission.
Indigenous Senator Jacinta Price (right with her nephew Pipantji) shared a post to social media on Monday to raise awareness about Childhood Cancer month and revealed how the disease has personally affected her life
‘September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month,’ Senator Price wrote.
‘The Kids’ Cancer Project supports groundbreaking medical research projects to develop better treatments and to find a cure for childhood cancer.’
The Country Liberal politician said that creating awareness about childhood cancer was important to her as it had ‘touched my life as well as those in my family’.
‘As a 3 year old I lost my brother when he was just 10 to childhood cancer.’
‘I’ve supported my nephew Pipantji (pictured with me) and his family as he has battled cancer from his newborn years up until more recently,’ she continued.
Senator Price revealed her nephew had been in remission for the past two-and-a-half years.
‘We are so grateful that he is living a healthier and more rewarding life as a lively 4 year old.’
As his mother always says, ‘He is our T21Warrior!’
Senator Price lost her brother Leonard to leukaemia when he was 10 years old and she was three (pictured L-R, Jacinta Price, brother Leonard Price, father David Price and mother Bess Price)
The Country Liberal politician raised money for her nephew’s family after Pipantji was born with medical complications
Pipantji, who is now four-years-old, battled leukaemia before he turned two.
He was born with down syndrome and medical complications back in December 2017.
Senator Price launched a GoFundMe at the time to raise money for her nephew’s family that would go towards medical bills, travel expenses and other costs.
She has previously reflected on how the death of her brother from leukaemia personally affected her and her family in a piece she wrote for The West Australian back in 2016.
‘My brother and I were very close, and even being so young, I felt a great loss,’ she said.
‘I don’t remember my mother’s sadness but more my father’s. I think being a Warlpiri woman she had learned to maintain a brave face through such heartache.
‘After all, heartache was no stranger to my mother. Death was – as I learned from early on – a very significant part of life.’