Hi all,
Recently I had the pleasure of meeting a youg lady, 8 years old, who asked me some questions about a classmate of hers. I answered her questions and at the time thought nothing of it. A few weeks later, I find that I have spent some time pondering her questions and my answers. I am posting this because I am impresed with the level of concern and knowledge of this child. I just want to hear from anyone who may have a thought on this.
The basics are;
Her classmate's mother has had surgery for cancer and from my understanding it was in her mouth. Her friend has been to visit her mother and says she cannot talk and that the doctors closed her mouth. (I assume this to mean she has had her jaws wired shut due to some bone surgery that was required due to the cancer.) She asked me if her friend's mother would be able to talk again and if not would the hospital teach her sign language. Not knowing the extent of the procedure or the diagnosis I told her that her friends mother would most likely be able to speak again but that it might take some time and that I was sure that the hospital would have someone to teach her sign language if she could not talk again.
That seemed to satisfy her.
Now, I am sure this is a devastating circumstance for this family but the view from childrens eyes has got me trying to determine if any CCC's have programs to assist and/or prepare children for what mommy or daddy will be like after they come home?
My son was way to young at the time of my treatment to comprehend the situation so I never gave it a second thought. I wonder what would have been different if he were older at the time?
Just a thought.
Cheers,
Mike