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My son just turned 7 and now at an all time low in his relapse. This time with his younger brothers they know more about what is going on with him, his brothers are 4 and 1. Do you have any tips for me to tell them that he is fighting a deadly disease ?
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God bless you Sara, what a situation! My daughter just had to go through something similar with her two kids, about the same age as yours. You will have to explain to your 4 year old that your oldest is sick and needs extra loving but your one year old is too young right now tp understand. By telling your four year old you need his help and extra loving also you can make him a part of helping and take his mind off worrying as much. Stay strong for all of you and believe deep down inside that you WILL get through this. My thoughts and prayers go out to you as if you were my own daughter.
I just noticed your add on. I don't think you need go into detail with the kids right now. Just that their older brother is ill is good enough - anything more might confuse and worry them more. When they’re older is plenty of time to do that.
P.S. Gosh, I hope you have friends and family to help you. This is just too much for you to handle on your own. Please don't even consider letting pride get in the way of asking everyone you can think of for help! 3 with 2 on the way is a bona fide emergency and you need to rally the troops. Get EVERYONE you know mobilized!
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my brother is a very current survivor of rhabdomyosarcoma and he was 13 when he got it and my sis was 5 or 6.
My little sis had my mom and dad [if ur child is more comfortable with one parent then the other have that parent] told her that he would be really sick and will be at the hospital a lot. CHilden learn more from seeing rather than hearing so tell them a little and have them see for themselves
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http://www.cancer.org/common/images/book…
it explains it all.
Im sorry for this battle. Wish you both the ideal.
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Just tell your 4 year old- that his big Brother is very Sick, & that he needs to help take care of him… Your Youngest is still too young to Comprehend what's “going on” … Sounds like you've got your hands full… -Good Luck.
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just simply tell them that he's sick