James Speranta’s Roadmap

First Steps: Learning the shock of the diagnosis
Once you’ve gotten over the shock, your next course of action
Setting up and organizing your home hospital
When adverse reactions to chemo strike and anaphylactic shock
Inpatient to outpatient
Home schooling
Managing the medications
Navigating medical bills and insurance companies
Meals for the family
Navigating life between hospital, home, and other children
Discussions with your employer and work from home
A community meal train essential
Mental health counseling
How to we managed the psychological and mental aspect of the treatment
You can either fold and go under a rock or you can come out swinging and fight
The side effects
Watching out for the dangers of the well child
The asking for help factor
Combating the pit falls of the immune systems that comes with leukemia

DISCLAIMER: This information is provided from the point of view of a parent who’s child has undergone successfully the course of treatment for ALL B-Cell Leukemia and is not intended to be taken as advice. Any mistakes are mine and mine alone and I will happy to correct these as necessary but the intention is to share my family’s experience with the hope that it will be helpful to others but not be taken as advice on best course of action. Each situation and individual is different so working closely with your Primary Oncologist and Nurse Practitioner is the only advice we can give.

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