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Sarah's Story 3
March 31, 2008 |
Getting through two years of cancer treatment wasn’t always easy for Sarah
McKeown and her family. Her mother Lara says, “The first 30 days were the
toughest.” One of Sarah’s toughest tasks came in the form of a breathing
treatment. “They have to put a tube in their mouth and it’s hooked up to oxygen
so there’s steam coming out and it takes about between five and ten minutes to
breathe all the medicine in. We had to hold her down just screaming and crying.
But she had to do it,” Lara says. So the music therapist and psychologist at The
Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida teamed up to help Sarah make it through
the treatment. Lara says, “Dr. Shimoda would read her a book and Miss. Julie
came in and she would come in and sing songs or play music to go along with the
story. The music along with the story just all worked together. It was like oh
great you know. We can get through this and Sarah did well.” Two years after her
diagnosis Sarah is still doing well. The now four-year-old will finish up her
treatment in six months. Lara says, “She’s very brave. What she has to do every
time she goes to clinic amazes me and I don’t think, I don’t know that I could
do it. She’s amazing.” Sarah will be monitored by specialists for the next year
to make sure the cancer is no longer in her body. For information on how you can
donate or volunteer at The Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida you can log
onto www.leememorial.org. |
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