There’s only one acceptable answer to “Will you get a flu shot?”
The only acceptable answer is “YES!” No doubt about that one. There are children and adults battling cancer who have compromised (or non-existent) immune systems. They call it “neutropenia.” Neutrophils rise and fall depending on the body’s reaction to chemotherapy. There’s no exact science to control it. So a child might have enough neutrophils to protect her from germs, bacteria and viruses one day - and then the next day the bottom falls out of her counts, and she’s totally unprotected. Until she goes to clinic for her weekly or monthly blood counts, she doesn’t know she’s so vulnerable and unprotected. They can wear masks

A Somber Ending to September 2009
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, and it has ended on a somber note. Three children you almost certainly have never heard of: Madison, Valerie and Luke. Three children who have died in the past 2 days of cancer. Here’s another name: Jessica - a ten-year old girl who has been under hospice care for about a month now - undergoing unbearable pain as the tumors of rhabdomyosarcoma invade her chest cavity - displacing her organs and wra