{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69e14490289eeb2c7bd588a9/6a4314d55a160c9d647b0c2c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Her Daughter Was 8. The Doctor Said Cancer. | Melody Orak","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69e14490289eeb2c7bd588a9/1782769718022-57ba10a6-f62f-4eae-a365-e5404e426452.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On an ordinary afternoon in March 2022, Melody Orak got a phone call that split her life in two. Her eight-year-old daughter Elilai had a bone tumor. What the doctors said would be 12 rounds of chemotherapy became 28. Then 33 consecutive days of radiation. Then nine months of fighting a disease that still treats children with protocols developed in 1956.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Melody sits down with Erica Brinker to talk about what it actually takes to hold everything together when your child’s life hangs in the balance: the impossible choices made for an eight-year-old, the moment she shaved her own head, the day Elilai’s body said it couldn’t take any more, and the bittersweet reality of remission three years later.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus: the hype song that gets Elilai through middle school, why scan anxiety is real, and a toast you won’t forget.</p><p><br></p><p>Executive producer: Sara Glassman</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Follow At the Brink: </strong>Instagram @at.the.brink.media&nbsp;|&nbsp;YouTube @AtTheBrinkPodcast</p><p>www.atthebrinkmedia.com&nbsp;|&nbsp;hello@atthebrinkmedia.com</p>","author_name":"Erica Brinker"}