A Child's Illness: It Happens to the Whole Family. Jessica Adler.
by Adler, Jessica; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 4Family. Publisher: The Record, 2005ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Cancer in children | Family | Medical care -- Cost ofDDC classification: 050 Summary: "After Felicia and Al Pope heard the word 'cancer,' it was as though someone had turned down the volume. The doctor's mouth moved, but they didn't hear him. I must have done something terrible in another life, Al said to himself. There has to be a mistake, Felicia thought. She asked to see one of the photographs on the doctor's desk. And there it was: a fleshy tumor, 'Pope, Gianna,' typed underneath....On that night in October [2004], the Popes, both 26, began a prolonged ordeal known only to those whose children face a potentially fatal illness. Every year, 8,000 children are diagnosed with cancer. It is a diagnosis that weighs heavily, often testing the very underpinning of a marriage. The stresses range from the practical to the financial to the emotional. How do you explain cancer to a child? How do you discipline a sick child? How do you pay the mounting stack of hospital bills? How do you face the most devastating question of all: Will our child die?" (THE RECORD) This article addresses the impact a child's illness has on the entire family.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: A Child's Illness: It Happens to the Whole Family, April 19, 2005; pp. n.p..
"After Felicia and Al Pope heard the word 'cancer,' it was as though someone had turned down the volume. The doctor's mouth moved, but they didn't hear him. I must have done something terrible in another life, Al said to himself. There has to be a mistake, Felicia thought. She asked to see one of the photographs on the doctor's desk. And there it was: a fleshy tumor, 'Pope, Gianna,' typed underneath....On that night in October [2004], the Popes, both 26, began a prolonged ordeal known only to those whose children face a potentially fatal illness. Every year, 8,000 children are diagnosed with cancer. It is a diagnosis that weighs heavily, often testing the very underpinning of a marriage. The stresses range from the practical to the financial to the emotional. How do you explain cancer to a child? How do you discipline a sick child? How do you pay the mounting stack of hospital bills? How do you face the most devastating question of all: Will our child die?" (THE RECORD) This article addresses the impact a child's illness has on the entire family.
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