This is how my 2.5 year old son with cancer, his older brother and I survived leukemia treatment and managed to reenter the real world over four long years. Just barely.

Childhood cancer occurs regularly, randomly and spares no ethnic group, socioeconomic class or geographical region. One in every 330 Americans develops cancer, during childhood or adolescence, before the age of 20. The cause of most childhood cancers is unknown and at present, childhood cancer can not be prevented.

A little more humor!

I linked before to my favorite Chemo humor sites (no really!) called The Never-Ending Squirrel Tale which is famous for its three list: You know you’re a parent to a kid with cancer when…, You know you’re a babysitter for a kid with cancer when…, and You know you’re a teen with cancer when…

Skeeter

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You know you’re a parent of a cancer kid….

One of my favorite sites is Never-Ending Squirrel Tale Web Site: the place to come for practical tips and encouragement for the parents of kids with cancer. It’s written by other Moms and Dads in your shoes—the ones that have already started the journey.

It actually made me laugh. I discovered it during one of the

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Candlelighter’s Childhood Cancer Foundation

I thought I would put together a few web sites that I found to be useful, informative and helpful over the course of Skeeter’s treatment. I am also going to use this category to talk about books and other resources that helped me to know what was going on and also those that helped me

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