As Jacob & I drove to physical therapy, he turned to me and said, "I feel like I'm a normal person again."
"You didn't think you were normal before" I replied.
"I was like a cancer person." he said.
"Do you think there's a difference between a cancer kid and a regular kid?" I probed.
"Yeah, a lot of them."
"What's something you notice that was different between a cancer kid and a regular kid?" I continued.
"you know."
"But what did you notice that was different for you?" I pushed.
"Cancer kids have chemo and other kids don't." he said.
I agreed and pushed for more.
"Cancer kids have to stay in the hospital."
I continued to push to have him open up his thoughts, to which he said, "I'm only saying one more... Cancer kids have to have surgery."
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I'm so happy that he is feeling more like himself. I hated to see the disease snuff a piece of his personality.
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I love the times when I am in the car, just one on one, with my kids. It is at these times that we can "push" just a little to figure out what they really think and feel. I'm glad that he is feeling like himself
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