You Know You’re The Parent Of a Kid With Cancer When…
41. When you use the term six-pack, you are talking about platelets, not Budweiser®
42. Your child is going on a field trip and wants to know if you have signed his “remission” slip
43. Your child can easily pronounce “Neuroblastoma,” “chemotherapy” and “coagulate,” but has trouble pronouncing the state you live in
44. Your child uses Legos® to build “MRI” machines
45. You don’t have to ask, “What’s that mean” to the previous 44 items
46. You hear yourself say the words, “I’ll buy you anything you want” at least twice a month
47. You know you are the friend of a family with a child with cancer when you call to check the chemo schedule and ask, “How will her counts be on, say, the 11th?” before you schedule a birthday party
48. You have been asked by more than 25 friends and family members, “So, when is his next treatment?”
49. Your four year old’s critique of the medical student’s examination skills is the same as the supervising physician’s
50. A younger sibling identifies a nipple as “my port site”
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