This drawing and story that Madeleine (6 years old) wrote at school melted my heart this week:
If you’re not used to reading first grade writing, here’s the translation:
My dad has
lymphoma. He
was in the hospital.
We thought he had a
broken back
but it turns out he
has lymphoma.
If you don’t recognize the drawing, that’s the tram up to the hospital at OHSU. We watched it come and go from my hospital bed.
This cancer has affected the whole family but just as we discovered it together we will also heal from it together as a family.