Pediatric cancer
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Back to the Classroom: The Day My Child Returned to School After Finishing Childhood Cancer Treatment
A parent's firsthand account of guiding a child back to school after completing treatment for pediatric leukemia. It covers meeting with the homeroom and school nurse in advance, a gradual return starting with half-days, practicing answers to classmates' questions, and the realistic road to recovering learning and concentration after chemotherapy.
Childhood Leukemia: Sharing Family Roles Through the Long Treatment Journey — One Family’s Story
One family shares its experience of the long road from a childhood leukemia diagnosis through remission induction and maintenance therapy. They divided the parents’ roles into primary caregiver and administrative handler, cared for the healthy sibling and the sick child alike, exchanged information with other parents on the same ward, and found ways for caregivers to avoid burnout.
My Child's Chemoport: Watching Over the Insertion and the Daily Care
From the day a chemoport was placed under my child's chest skin before chemotherapy, through the needle access at each treatment, the cleaning and bathing care at home, and the heart-stopping nights when a fever came, this is a caregiver's quiet account. It is a record of how a small device that frightened us at first slowly became a trusted lifeline for our family.
The Child Who Was Hospitalized with Neuroblastoma: A Record of That Long, Slow Recovery
A caregiver's quiet, honest account of one family's journey through neuroblastoma, from diagnosis to chemotherapy and surgery, and on through a recovery that came one slow step at a time. It records the hardships of hospital life, how a caregiver keeps going, and the joy found in small bits of progress.