Sweet Reunion Between Olivia Newton-John, as She Battles Stage 4 Breast Cancer, With Her Daughter Will Make Your Day

On Instagram, Newton-John’s daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, shared a video of she and her mother waving and running towards each other. Due to the pandemic, Lattanzi, who lives in Oregon, hasn’t been able to visit her mother’s California home in over three months to keep both of them safe. Judging from this video, they’re making up for lost time. Before embracing, Lattanzi purposely turns her body around so Newton-John holds her from the back as a way to make sure their faces aren’t too close. Talk about a COVID-19 friendly reunion!

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Making sure Newton-John isn’t exposed to the virus is especially important, seeing as she’s currently undergoing treatment for stage 4 breast cancer. Due to being immunocompromised, contracting the virus could cause serious problems for her health. While their separate quarantines were necessary, it makes sense why this reunion was so special. Newton-John and her daughter are close, and Lattanzi has been one of her mom’s biggest support systems during her numerous brushes with breast cancer. Plus, Newton-John has been there for Lattanzi as well seeing as how she’s battled with substance abuse issues in the past. Clearly, they’re taking their on personal challenges together  as a team.

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"After going through a denial phase, I was angry that such a wonderful, kind, amazing, generous woman had to go through hell again," Lattanzi wrote in a 2018 column for Now To Love. "It is terrifying and unfair, and it makes me mad that such a beautiful woman has to face this. But my mum has taught me the power of positive thinking and enjoying every moment. We both try to protect each other. Mum stays positive and I do my best to stay positive, too … Mum and I have never been as close as we are today we're both learning how to protect each other and how to talk about this without being scared."

How Family Support Helps Cancer Patients Through Treatment

After a cancer diagnosis, many survivors have said they were scared to share the news with family, but in the end, their support helped them push through treatment. Single mom Victoria Rego, who was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer, didn’t know how to disclose her diagnosis with her teenage daughter but knew she needed to. It’s understandable that Victoria struggled with having the discussion with her daughter, since it’s often a mom’s natural instinct to protect them from information that can hurt them, but in the end, she used the opportunity to showcase what real strength represents.

Related: Telling Your Kids You Have Cancer: "When it Comes to Your Kids, You Want to Protect Them"

“My biggest issues were telling my teenage daughter,” Victoria tells SurvivorNet. “That was probably the hardest thing because I’m a single mom, and she had just lost her idol, her great grandmother, a few months before. So telling her that this was happening was just beyond my understanding of how I was going to do it, but I did it with the help of her father…after everything was done, my daughter turned to me one day [and] she’s like ‘I don’t think I ever told you how proud I am of you just because of your strength. I knew you were going to be OK.'”

Breast cancer survivor Victoria Rego on how she decided to tell her daughter about her diagnosis

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