Cancer 101

Taryn brought home a book from the school library on cancer. I didn’t start to read it right away so she has taken it upon herself to read a chapter at a time to me. She was reading the chapter about treating cancer with chemotherapy where it kills the fast growing cancer cells, however, it also kills other fast growing cells and can affect the bone marrow, hair and nails. She then read how chemo drugs are ‘poisonous’ and large doses can kill the patient quicker than the cancer can, so doses need to be monitored. I started laughing at the wording of this lovely passage. Taryn took exception to my laughter – “Mom! This is not funny! We need to take this seriously!” When did my daughter get so grown up?