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My child has cancer: How families strive to stay together and become stronger
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Myra Aqisha Mahadir (centre), who has Down syndrome, is also a cancer survivor.
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SINGAPORE – The whole family is affected by the seismic shock of a child’s cancer diagnosis.
Family dynamics change and relationships are strained when a child has cancer, especially when hospital stays can last for weeks at a time, says Ms Lesli Berggren, founder of Love, Nils, a Singapore charity which supports children with cancer and their families here.
