Children's resilience shines through in Telethon coverage

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 18:38 · Archive

Children facing serious illnesses display remarkable resilience ahead of Perth's Telethon fundraising weekend.

A reporter covering Perth's Telethon has spent recent weeks in hospital rooms at Perth Children's Hospital interviewing families of seriously ill children. Jana Catania described the nine months she watched her three-year-old daughter Maxi fight her way back 'from the brink of death' after being diagnosed with leukaemia last May. Maxi sat during the interview 'smiling from ear to ear'.

Another family featured is that of Amy McKay and her daughter Paige, who has a rare pilocytic astrocytoma. The reporter met them for the first time in July and has grown close to the family as Paige's story has been told multiple times.

The reporter noted that covering Telethon as a journalist has stripped away the childhood innocence of the event. Instead of the entertainment and celebration remembered from childhood, the work involves listening to parents describe the moment their world 'fell apart'. The children facing these serious illnesses have displayed what the reporter calls 'boundless bravery' and 'bubbly resilience'.

How it is being reported

• Caitlin Vinci: Kids’ boundless bravery makes Telethon even more specialThe bravery and bubbly resilience of these kids in the face of such massive adversity is nothing short of incredible.Perth Now · 13 Oct, 18:11
• Caitlin Vinci: Kids’ boundless bravery makes Telethon even more specialThe bravery and bubbly resilience of these kids in the face of such massive adversity is nothing short of incredible.The West Australian · 13 Oct, 18:11

In this story: Telethon · Perth Children's Hospital · Jana Catania · Maxi · Amy McKay · Paige · Perth

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