What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer

<p>When a child is diagnosed with cancer life flips upside-down. Suddenly our days (and our thoughts) are dominated by doctors nurses child life specialists and a million technical terms that will make anyone's head spin. Add extreme fear and anxiety to that and you've got a recipe for the most stressful time in a family's life.</p><p><br></p><p><em>What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer</em> is a book written with purpose of relieving the anxiety and confusion that comes from a child's cancer diagnosis and treatment.</p><p><br></p><p><em>What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer</em> covers the main points of pediatric cancer - what it is and what the experience of treatment is like - and shows how it can change a kid's day. The book is great for ages 4 -10 and discusses:</p><ul><li>The science of cancer</li><li>Changes to routines</li><li>Surgery and anesthesia</li><li>Chemotherapy</li><li>Hair loss and hair changes</li><li>Port central line and tubies</li><li>Hospital stays</li><li>Radiation</li><li>Scans and blood draws</li><li>Emotions relating to cancer</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Over the course of a year and with the help of both experts and families who have been through pediatric cancer author and illustrator Sara Olsher explains the science of cancer (in an age-appropriate totally non-scary way) and uses an illustrated calendar to show how various treatments affect a child's day-to-day. This method of teaching is based on decades of solid science about how kids learn and cope with the major day-to-day changes that result from issues like cancer. By creating a routine that kids can see and understand parents can restore a sense of safety and predictability in their kids' lives helping them to be more resilient in the face of life's inevitable challenges. <em>What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer?</em> helps families that want to reduce their kids' anxiety surrounding a very scary diagnosis. It aims to empower kids with knowledge which is proven to help kids through traumatic situations.</p>