Children’s books help North East cancer patient families

Written by

in

BBC Leanne is reading the children's book. There is an illustration of a woman with curly hair wearing a cold cap. Text around it reads: "Mammy didn't want to lose her hair, so the doctor gave her a cold cap. The cold cap was like a big, icy hat. It felt very cold. Mammy wore it on her head while she got her treatment. It is meant to stop mammy's hair falling out... Mammy said it gave her brain freeze like when you eat too much ice cream!" — The books detail treatments such as surgery and chemotherapy

Breast cancer nurses hope books they have written to help explain treatments to children will help the “whole family”.

Authors and specialist nurses Emily Turnbull and Rachel Lockerbie…

Continue Reading

More posts