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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
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Anyone known someone w/sm. DCs & terminal illness/cancer?
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A family that I know has a 4yo DC and the mom has terminal cancer. She isn't doing too well (in and out of the hospital, can't do much around the house any more, etc.), and they are struggling to take care of the DC when not in school. It's additionally complicated b/c the dad works nights, so he's asleep during the day and gone for most of the after school hours. They don't have a lot of family, but the ones that are there are trying to pitch in and help as much as possible.
Has anyone known someone in this situation? How did they handle childcare? A nanny would be the only other thing that comes to mind, but financially that isn't feasible under the circumstances. The dad can't change to a day job b/c they rely on his current job for insurance purposes. He's shopped around for something else, but he hasn't been able to find anything that would support them and provide the insurance they need to continue the cancer treatments.
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Re: Anyone known someone w/sm. DCs & terminal illness/cancer?
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we had a little girl who was a former preschooler at our church. their family did not attend our church. But our entire church made meals for them every day the little girl was in treatment for neuroblastoma.
I'm sure if the roles were reversed and the mother needed assistance, our church would have easily volunteered to care for the child and the mother as long as the mother felt comfortable with it.
Is the little girl in preschool? Do they go to a church? What about hosting a fundraiser to provide funds for a nanny?
I don't know if there are any social services. It's a totally sucky situation, and I'm at a loss for how to help them more than just watching the DC or bringing them supper here or there. I wish I personally could offer them ongoing and long-term help on a bigger scale, but they are too far away to do it more than sporadically.
I think that once the cancer treatments are no longer an issue the dad will be able to change jobs and switch to days a little easier. Unfortunately, that means that he'll also have to do it during the onslaught of everything else that comes with the loss.