Chemical Warfare

“Death is not the enemy sir, Indifference is!
You treat a disease, you win, you lose.
You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win, no matter what the outcome.”

Patch Adams

Inside the cancer war zone; children fight against more than disease, depression and pharmaceutical poisoning. Cancer swaps childhood for a room with no view. Existence becomes a measured dose. Nurses and doctors administer toxic treatments making you feel worse than before diagnosis. Your drip-fed days leave you bedridden and nappy-clad. What then motivates a child with cancer?

How many times can you watch the DVDs that have not yet been stolen by other patients? Which depressing, fatherless/motherless/plotless drama are you fixated on this week? The morphine has taken hold.

Becoming the target/blame for your cancer-ridden child is not a comfortable side-saddle. But, continuing to see the person beyond the suffering enables you to reinforce your connection. See the individual; not the horror, anger and despair.

Become the nurse buzzer for someone today. Rescue, uplift and restore. Saviours are not just found in hardback; they are silent witnesses, workers, healers of all things inside and out. Brave souls heal each other.