The Cancer Parent's Handbook

<p><em>There is a dragon at the gate who means to do your child harm. Raise the drawbridge. Polish your armor. Sharpen your swords. You will find a way to fight and defeat it. The stakes are too high to do anything less than everything you can.</em></p><p></p><p>Laura DeKraker Lang-Ree wrote those words during her daughter's five-year battle with childhood leukemia. Because let's be real-when a parent hears Your child has cancer their entire world flips upside down. Suddenly they're expected to become an instant expert fierce advocate and calm-in-the-storm caregiver. But nobody hands them a manual. Let alone their friends family or grandparents.</p><p></p><p>Until now.</p><p></p><p><em>The Cancer Parent's Handbook</em> is the book Laura DeKraker Lang-Ree wished someone had handed her when her family was thrown into this medical hurricane. It's <strong>part survival guide part battle plan and part straight-up permission slip to fall apart and get back up again.</strong></p><p></p><p>Laura DeKraker Lang-Ree delivers the real talk the nitty-gritty and the tricks that actually work-from navigating hospital life medical teams and terrifying treatment plans to managing family sanity and that tiny voice in the back of a parent's head screaming <em>WHAT IF SHE DIES?</em></p><p></p><h3><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What's inside?</strong></h3><p>? <strong>What parents need to know <em>right now</em></strong> (a.k.a. the things oncologists <em>don't</em> have time to explain)</p><p> ? <strong>The secret sauce of advocating like a boss</strong> (without making enemies)</p><p> ? <strong>The reality of hospital life</strong> (and how to throw a killer hospital party)</p><p> ? <strong>How to get help without feeling like a burden</strong> (people <em>want</em> to help-they just need to be shown how)</p><p> ? <strong>Why joy laughter and snacks still matter</strong> (giving both kids <em>and</em> parents a little self-care during their long cancer battle)</p><p></p><p>This book is here to help families <strong>fight like hell</strong> for their child while keeping their foundation intact and robust. No parent should have to figure this out alone. Take a deep breath turn the page and let <em>The Cancer Parent's Handbook</em> guide the way through this journey.</p>