Navigating Childhood Cancer Podcast
Welcome to the Navigating Childhood Cancer Podcast.
In this podcast, we’ll explore all aspects of living through a child’s cancer diagnosis. We’ll speak with parents, experts, caregivers, and maybe even the children themselves, to understand the issues, the risks, the struggles and triumphs. We’ll talk about how to cope, how to support your child, how to ask for (and accept) help from your family and friends, and how to handle all of the day-to-day challenges that you may face while on your child’s journey.
This is the information, and the community, I wish I had when my child was diagnosed with leukemia. My goal is to educate, to support and to inspire anyone who is living through a paediatric cancer diagnosis.
Navigating Childhood Cancer Podcast
Episode 6 - Fevers
Fevers are a very real part of life for a child with Leukemia. When a child who is undergoing treatment gets a fever, it is actually a medical emergency. That child may not be able to fight the infection that is causing the fever. If it is not treated immediately, it can become serious or even life-threatening. In this episode, we talk about what it was like to discover a child’s fever, and how we responded. I also share my tips for how to ensure that you are ready if/when the first fever happens.