Family tragedy for Getaway host Catriona Rowntree as her sister is diagnosed with ‘terminal’ stage 4 cancer: ‘Say a prayer for her tonight’
Getaway host Catriona Rowntree has announced that her beloved sister Lucinda Wunderlich has been diagnosed with stage four cancer.
Catriona, 51, celebrated Lucinda’s birthday on Sunday and marked the occasion by sharing a bittersweet Facebook post about her sister’s personal health struggles.
In her lengthy post, the glamor TV presenter revealed that her big sister’s cancer was “apparently incurable” and that a GoFundMe campaign had been launched to help cover her living expenses.
Lucinda, a mother of four, was forced to quit her job as a school teacher on Sydney’s Upper North Shore after receiving a devastating cancer diagnosis.
Catriona began her post with a sweet tribute to “blonde beauty” Lucinda, whom she described as a “true gem” whose “smile and laugh warms everyone’s heart.”
Getaway host Catriona Rowntree, 51, (left) has announced that her big sister Lucinda Wunderlich has been diagnosed with stage four cancer
The Channel Nine star also fondly recalled how as a child, Lucinda “never worried her parents” and suffered no “boyfriend drama” when she married her childhood sweetheart, Johnno.
Of Lucinda’s diagnosis, Catriona wrote: “I am trying so hard to choose my words carefully here, other than to say many tears have been shed BUT Lucinda is fighting and being positive. We are all.’
“Having started chemo (pure hell) and immunotherapy (our bright light) at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Lucinda is now unable to work as she commits herself to the fight of her life. Her friends created a GoFundMe page to relieve household stress and I asked their permission to share this with you,” she added.
Catriona celebrated Lucinda’s birthday on Sunday and marked the occasion by sharing a bittersweet Facebook post about her sister’s personal health struggles. In her lengthy post, the glamor TV presenter revealed that her big sister’s cancer was “apparently incurable” and that a GoFundMe campaign had been launched to help cover her living expenses
Lucinda, a mother of four, was forced to quit her job as a school teacher on Sydney’s Upper North Shore after receiving a devastating cancer diagnosis. (Shown is Catriona, second right, and Lucinda, front center, with family members including their mother, Heather, front left)
Catriona also revealed that Lucinda is the “first to be enrolled in a new medical study.”
She ended her post with a powerful message: “Trust me when I say to live your life to the utmost.”
“None of us knows what each moment has in store for us and please say a little prayer for Lucinda tonight. Thanks,’ she added.
Catriona is the youngest of four siblings, brother Andrew and sisters Lucinda and Marisa.
She ended her post with a powerful message: “Trust me when I say to live your life to the absolute maximum, none of us know what each moment has in store for us and please say a little prayer tonight for Lucinda. Thank you very much’