Mom to triplet boys Lindsay Harrison joins me in this episode as she shares her son Joshua’s story of Ewings Sarcoma.
Joshua and his brothers were all born prematurely, Joshua the smallest of them all.
He has had to fight his whole life to be here and while his parents fought along side him with different challenges, nobody could have anticipated childhood cancer.
He was diagnosed with an aggressive form of the cancer after developing a rash when he was 9 and they were referred to a dermatologist when it wouldn’t clear up and needed a full year of chemotherapy treatment.
They became 2 separate families with Lindsay and Joshua in hospital and Justin and their other two boys at home, work and school - with all 3 boys handling this new reality differently.
We talk about the diagnosis, his treatment and how as an autistic child he found it all so overwhelming.
We also talk about the supports and how as a family they coped, the value of peer to peer support and the real impact on a parents nervous system during and most importantly after treatment ends.
Childhood Cancer Ireland and our clinicial Psychologist Dr. Mairead Brennan can be a huge help to families.
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