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A devoted father-of-three is preparing to leave his young children behind after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour just months after his wife found out she had breast cancer.
Kirsten Rasmussen, from Hobart, Tasmania, was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer shortly after giving birth to her third child in August 2020.
Ms Rasmussen had a full mastectomy but two weeks later her school teacher husband Pete, 35, suffered repeated seizures and was diagnosed with an inoperable stage two Astrocytoma cancerous brain tumour.
The Rasmussens - parents to daughter Estelle, one, and sons William, six and Thomas, four - were then gave the devastating news the father had seven to 10 years to live.
Father-of-three Pete Rasmussen with his wife Kirsten and their three children - daughter Estelle, one, and sons William, six and Thomas, four. The father is preparing to leave his young children behind after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour just weeks after his wife underwent breast cancer surgery
'[There were] lots of doctors looking at me asking me if I could
