Stress Management Aids Children With Cancer In Hospital Setting

Being told you have cancer “can be an overwhelming event”(St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital). Just being in the hospital setting can cause stress and anxiety. A child’s normal development can be effected when battling a serious illness. Since the child will be in the hospital a lot he or she will not get the peer interaction skills a child needs. Even though hospitals try to copy peer interaction it does not work with every child. Being in an uncontrollable situation will sometimes anger the child and make them aggressive. Also some kids will not accept the fact that they are sick; this may cause their bodies to reject the medication and lead to their death. In other cases a child will become so dependent on the help of their parents and doctors that they will not be able to do things on their own after treatment.
I agree with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Being in a hospital is very scary. When I was twelve I was told I had a bad parasite in my stomach and had to stay at the hospital over night with IV’s hooked to me; I was terrified. In contrast to St. Jude’s research I believe that good things could come from beating cancer. If you beat cancer at a young age this could give you the mentality that you could do anything in life. Fighting for your life would be scary. It would make you not take life for granted and make you appreciate the time you had on Earth more so than if it was always given to you.

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