Childhood cancer

Sucks. I don't know why there should even be a thing and if I hear one more person tell me, "Well things happen for a reason," I will seriously go off on them. My kid didn't get cancer for a reason! F-you. No kid should have to get cancer...no kid should go through chemo, radiation, enucleations, brain surgery, spinal taps, MRIs, CT scans, blood transfusions, never ending nausea, weekly hospital stays, and all the rest that comes with cancer. We are lucky that off all the cancers my daughter had retinoblastoma that has a 90% survival rate in the US/Great Britain and all other developed countries (30% in most of the world)....

To doctors: When something is wrong with my kid, I usually know it, as do most parents...when something is off, try listening to what a parent has to say. If you order tests, please do so with urgency as parents don't like to wait for results....(well I guess no one does), but seriously...call a parent back that night if the results come in late...schedule tests for early so they might be in by that night.

I had a girlfriend tell me that she became a much better Dr. when she became a mom...Its true though...so try to put yourselves in our shoes.

I am writing this cause I am worried about a friend of mine and her daughter. They have become very dear to me, but are going through a rough time. I just wish I could speed up the clock for them so they have some answers...I am not much of a prayer, but they will be in my thoughts.