What happens when a kid has cancer: a book about childhood cancer for kids - sara olsher

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 anyones head spin.

Add extreme fear and anxiety to that, and youve got a recipe for the most stressful time in a familys life.

What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer is a book written with purpose of relieving the anxiety and confusion that comes from a childs cancer diagnosis and treatment.

What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer 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 kids day.

The book is great for ages 4 -10 and discusses: The science of cancerChanges to routinesSurgery and anesthesiaChemotherapyHair loss and hair changesPort, central line, and tubiesHospital staysRadiationScans and blood drawsEmotions relating to cancerOver 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 childs 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 lifes inevitable challenges.

What Happens When a Kid Has Cancer? 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.