Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Cancer and children

I keep thinking of things I could have done to help my son.
Two years ago today, my son Veda, was having a central line implanted.
We were all devastated and not thinking clearly.
Stage four liver cancer with mets to the lungs.
It takes a while to process something like that happening to your son.
Veda was given Cisplatin on his thirteenth birthday.
Happy birthday!? :(
It didn't work.
It's been about a year and a half since he left.
I feel like I should do something to help other people who have kids recently diagnosed with cancer.
When it happened to my son, no one really helped me deal with it.
Veda had good medical care, but I could have used more information from people who had "been there done that"
Most of the stuff on the internet is scholarly, or religious, or quack.
I would like to dedicate this weblog to sharing practical information about children's cancer.
I only wish I could figure out how to get my blog seen by the people who would benefit.
I've been a psychiatric registered nurse for ten years.
I spent five months caring for my son during his illness.
Anyway

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