East York resident Sarah Calderwood thought her then three-and-a-half-year-old daughter Helena Kirk had an earache. It turned out to be something much more serious. Helena was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a disease that would put her through 841 gruelling days of chemotherapy. “It was shocking and terrifying to know that our little three year old was going to be […]
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Beach parents speak out about childhood cancer
Cancer is a big word for a child, and a hard one for parents to teach. But across the Beach, some parents are spelling out what cancer means for young families and sounding out the best ways to cope. “Childhood cancer is still rare,” says Kim Wilson, whose five-year-old son Noah was diagnosed with cancer […]