Some people and families seem to have all the bad luck.
My heart goes out to this family and their battles and their strength....
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The Piper family has been given more than its fair share of challenges in the recent past, but now the NSW family-of-five is facing its toughest battle yet.
Matt Piper is 100 percent legally blind, having lost his sight just two years after marrying his wife, Alex. Despite the setback, the couple went on to have three healthy children; Charley, 13, Honey, 10, and Willow, 5.
But in 2010, the family was dealt another heavy blow as Alex, now 41, was diagnosed with breast cancer.
She had a mastectomy and underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatments, but the cancer didn’t completely disappear.
Just a year later it was picked up in Alex’s bones, and has since spread further to her stomach. She’s been diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer, but despite the prognosis, Ms Piper is keeping positive.
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“The doctors have their views on what's possible and what's not possible but I like to have my own views,” she told A Current Affair.
“I think anything is possible.”
The Piper family are fighters.
Mr Piper didn’t want blindness to stop him from providing for his family. He trained for four years to be a massage therapist, but lost the use of his hands and arms after damaging his nerves.
He hasn’t given up, and has taken up a computer course.
But it did mean that his wife had to take on the responsibility of being the breadwinner, and she incredibly worked through two bouts of cancer.
Now she’s unable to go on.
Having recently commenced a 12-week chemotherapy program, and weighing only 41kg, a family friend came up with the idea of setting up a fund to help the Piper family.
“I never wanted anyone to know my business,” Ms Piper said.
But with no income, a huge mortgage and mounting medical bills, Ms Piper and the family has turned to the generosity of others for help.
The Piper children, like their parents, are keeping strong.
“They've been through a lot and they're still going and still looking after us,” eldest son, Charley said.
“And they're doing a pretty good job.”
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