Main description:

Janice Post-White was an oncology nurse who thought she knew what life with cancer was about-until her four-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia. While he drew pictures to process his emotions, she buried her feelings and threw herself into managing a dual role as a medical professional and mother. Her memoir shares her son's perspective as a young cancer patient and teen survivor, and explores her own personal and professional insights on survivorship, resilience, healing and what facing death can teach us about living.

Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Part I. The First Year: Getting Through
1. January 9, 1997, 2:40 p.m.
2. As the Seasons Change
3. Diagnosis
4. The Plan
5. The Training
6. The First Week
7. Finding Our Way
8. New Identities, New Perspectives
9. Why Cancer? Why Now? Why Us?
10. Surviving
11. I Just Want to Live in the Moment
12. And How Is Mom?
13. Who Is This Child?
14. Finding Normal
15. Sailing Forward
Part II. Treatment Years 2-3: The New Normal
16. Expectations
17. Always on Call
18. Can't Escape Cancer
19. Decisions, Decisions
20. The Last Lap
21. Celebrate!
Part III. The Decade After: Moving
22. Facing Fears
23. Wake-Up Call
24. Hawaii as Refuge
25. Reclaiming Childhood
26. Taking On
27. It's Okay to Cry
28. Letting Go
29. Shadows of the Heart
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index