Cancer: Routine clinic visit is family’s worst nightmare
Wed, 09/11/2019 - 3:18pm
By:
Lake City Childhood Cancer Awareness
What was supposed to be a routine visit to the clinic for anxiety and a sports physical, turned into my worst nightmare. I never expected to hear: “I’m sorry Mrs. Goihl, your daughter has leukemia”. Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) to be exact. A sneaky disease that often goes undiagnosed, is rarely found in children, and only 200,000 cases are reported each year. I was in shock! My next thought was: “How do I tell my daughter she has cancer?”