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Childhood Leukemia: A Guide for Families, Friends and Caregivers (3rd Edition)

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"Childhood Leukemia" is an essential reference for a parent of a child with leukemia. Packed with information and resources, it is also very readable. The inclusion of excerpts of stories of parents who've "been there" lends the book a friendly yet personal atmosphere. I am the parent of a child with leukemia, and Nancy Keene's work is more than just a book to our family, it's more like a Bible, if I may! I have found other sources of information, yes, but not altogether in one place. The book not only informs us on the medical aspects of the disease and treatment, it also helps us deal with emotional and financial issues. I would recommend this book not only to parents of children with leukemia, but other childhood cancers as well, since many of the treatments overlap. I would also recommend it for the extended family and friends, so that they can more fully understand what the family is going through.

Every family that has a child with leukemia should own this book. It helped our family immensely when our 6 year old daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. This book covers every aspect of what you will be dealing with on the road to remission and recovery. No other book on leukemia covers the subject with the depth and warmth of this book. The author's daughter is a childhood leukemia survivor. The book is written in a very easy to read style, and gives many helpful suggestions in dealing with the day to day, and long term problems that come up in dealing with childhood leukemia. Our oncologist read it and was overjoyed to finally see a book out that lays out all of the information so concisely.

When my son was diagnosed in July 2002 with ALL, I didn't even know what Leukemia was. I ordered this book from Amazon right away. Over a year later, I found myself still looking to this book for reference. After the doctors explain something to me I come home and look it up in this book and understand even better exactly what's going on with my son. If you know anyone with leukemia get a copy for yourself and for the parents of that child. (I have never written a review for a book before but felt compelled to tell people how helpful this book has been to me.)

This is an excellent book. If you are finished with your copy, please give it to someone in the waiting room with you next time you take your child in for chemo. Or better yet, buy a new one now and give it to someone who has a newly diagnosed child. Enjoy watching your donation change someone's experience for the better first hand. My grandson Jonnie, who has leukemia, also has a charity that benefits patients at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. We donate these books and also toys. Send a book there in his name. If you need to see bone marrow aspiration photos go to http://www.jonniescharity.com. These photos take the fear away for some kids who experience the procedure, but never get to see it done.

This disease is rare. We're very lucky to have a book like this. Let's do what we can to see that everyone who can use it has a copy.

I don't know how I functioned with the care of my leukemic daughter before I bought this book! I have asked the doctors office questions about the same drugs over and over. This book lets me refer to any chemo drug and see its common and rare side-effects, how its given, generic names, everything I need to know!

The book is sprinkled throughout with quotes from real people like me going through the same thing. Their experiences and coping methods have been a lifeline. They remind me that I'm not alone!

The author delivers medical information in simple terms that are easy to comprehend.

Advice is given on how to deal with the financial aspects and support groups and so much more.

This book will be within arms reach for a long time!

My family and I have been trying to cope with our 4 year olds diagnosis with Leukemia. This book describes from the diagnosis to the outcome and everything in between. I have shared this book with my whole family and even my daycare provider. I would recommend this to any family who has come in contact with this deadly but curable disease.

Nancy Keene's book, "Childhood Leukemia", is the best book in print for parents and other caregivers who have a child facing the arduous but very successful treatment for a once incurable disease. "Childhood Leukemia" bridges the gap between the hoodoo of inspirational books and the voodoo of medical texts. Using her background in biology, Nancy dispels the terror that the word cancer engenders - a terror that needn't be, now that over 85 percent of children with leukemia are cured -- by describing medical terms and procedures in lay terms, and offering practical methods for coping with pain, boredom, depression and uncertainty, as well as childhood development after cancer. This book is organized so that one can read and assimilate only what's meaningful and absorbable at a given stage, yet its comprehensive scope insures that this will be the book you check first to find the answers you need. Nancy pays special attention to the emotional aspects of coping with childhood cancer, merging many first-person accounts from parents who have found unique ways to handle each obstacle that has arisen. Indeed, this book would serve well as a reference for anyone coping with any childhood cancer.

I have referred to this many times throughout my daughter's long treatment. The information in it is easy to read and comprehend which I think is important because it is often hard to understand all of the information that is thrown at you after your child has been diagnosed with cancer. I didn't need to buy any other books for more information because this one had all that I needed. I am so thankful that we received this book from Candlelighters when my daughter was diagnosed 2 years ago. It is pretty dog-eared and rumpled now! Since my daughter is almost done with treatment I am going to buy Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Practical Guide to Your Future also by Nancy Keene to help guide us through the future.

As a medical social worker, my knowledge of childhood leukemia has been fragmented resulting in frustration as I accompany children and their families along their journey. This book fills in the blanks in a most comprehensive fashion. Not to be read from cover to cover, but by topic, skipping through the guidebook answers questions and concerns that are uppermost in readers' minds. As a handbook for other health care professionals, it provides a model for ease of reference and research. Highly recommended reading. This book will not be read just once and then left on a shelf.

"Childhood Leukemia" by Nancy Keene is a book I recommend to everybody I meet who has a child newly diagnosed with leukemia. Everything you need to know is in this book. Easy to understand, Nancy's book has removed a lot of the anxiety I have carried throughout my 4 year old son's treatment. Appropriate information can be found from whatever stage of treatment your child may be at. I don't know how I made it through my son's first year without this book.... Thanks Nancy :)