Going through chemo with young children
Hi everyone,
I've just had 1 cycle of the AC chemo treatment and since then both of my children (2.5yr old toddler who attends daycare; and 8 months old baby who is being cared at home) had been si...
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Sorry you've had such a tough time to begin with. I ended up with a 2 day stint in hospital as well with temps etc. Its awful :(
My DD is 4 and has been in daycare since she was a baby and her immune system is pretty strong so we've been happy to keep her there. I figure hers and mine immune systems are so closely linked anyways with all the spit I've collected from her lol. She's come home with the occasional minor cold but I've not gotten anything from her I dont think
My son was 5 months old when I was diagnosed and we were told in no uncertain terms to keep him out of care. His immune system was just too underdeveloped.
TBH, the biggest risk to us has been the people visiting. Particularly those who assure me they are not sick and it's ok because they left their sick husband at home *eye roll* We have had to get very strict with people coming over now but I dont limit my contact with the kids at all. If they have temps etc though we will make arrangements for them to either stay with family or for me to go elsewhere but so far we have been lucky to not have any problems there.