Telethon 2025: Third Pitts sister, Georgia, diagnosed with small glioma
“It’s an indescribable pain.”
That’s how Natasha Pitts feels after learning her two little girls have been diagnosed with cancer — and now there’s a chance her third daughter might have it, too.
In 2020, the family’s youngest daughter, Danika, was diagnosed with brain cancer after doctors discovered a tumor in the little girl’s brain.
Four years later, the family’s world was shattered once again when an MRI revealed an orange-sized tumor in their eldest daughter Matilda’s spine.
Matilda’s harrowing journey broke hearts when it was featured in The West Australian during last year’s Telethon.
“Everything changes in an instant,” Natasha said during Sunday’s Telethon broadcast.
“It doesn’t end when the treatment ends, there are so many things going on beyond that, it’s such a long journey.
“My husband stopped working for a year while we were here with Matilda, because… the second time around, it was just too much emotional and physical strain for everyone.”
Unfortunately, the family received even more heartbreaking news this year.
The family’s middle daughter, Georgia, had been diagnosed with a small glioma.
“Even though it’s not an immediate threat, it’s just another thing we have to worry about with the constant scans and things like that,” Natasha said.
But despite everything, Natasha described her three daughters as resilient.
“We are proud of them,” he said.
“Being diagnosed among three girls in the past five years was a huge deal for all of us and we are so proud of them all.
“Every day is incredibly challenging to be honest, we just live in the moment and try to enjoy every moment.
“We have screened all three girls in the last few weeks and we are pleased to say that everything is going well for all three children.”
Natasha thanked Nick Gottardo, head of oncology and haematology at Perth Children’s Hospital, for his unwavering dedication and joked that Pitts had a seat reserved for her at the Christmas family table.
“Those who are lucky or unlucky enough to have met Dr. Nick as an oncology family will know that he is an incredibly humble man and truly cares about not only the child receiving treatment, but the entire family,” she said.
“He is an incredible man and works tirelessly to ensure better care for our children and we are so grateful.
“What words do you find for a man who saved not one but two of your children?”
