THE GRATITUDE CLOAK

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>One ordinary Tuesday Katie finds herself catapulted into a parent's worst nightmare when a precautionary blood test reveals her five-year-old son Josh has leukaemia. The school run is diverted to the hospital emergency department and she enters a parallel universe where chemo drips and hair loss are the norm and even touching the supermarket trolley is a threat to Josh's life. With two more little boys and a husband with a spinal cord injury Katie has to learn to balance family life with months of intensive hospital treatment for Josh. Her raw vulnerability is exposed as she finds a strength she didn't know she had - a strength fortified by moments of completely unexpected beauty and humour.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As survival mode kicks in fuelled by a tidal wave of adrenalin Katie is scooped up into an extraordinary healthcare system that ultimately saves Josh's life leaving her blindsided with gratitude which she feels as a tangible thing: her gratitude cloak.</span></p>