» Berit Kyllo Francis http://blog.caringbridge.org Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:16:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 How do you treat your child like a “normal” kid after treatment for a serious illness? http://blog.caringbridge.org/coping-childhood-cancer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coping-childhood-cancer http://blog.caringbridge.org/coping-childhood-cancer/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:23:56 +0000 Berit Kyllo Francis http://blog.caringbridge.org/?p=570 Is “normal” just a setting on the washing machine? Is it possible to treat a child who has undergone cancer treatment as a normal kid? My immediate reaction is absolutely not! Even after completing treatment almost four years ago, I cannot do it no matter how hard I try. I vividly remember one scene in the month following our return home from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. My oldest son was required to attend our church’s weekly Lenten services each Wednesday evening. I accompanied him to each service. I was still in a very emotionally “fragile” state of mind. At [...]

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