Between The Chapters

Grandma Doesn’t Look Sick: Helping Children Understand Multiple Myeloma Cancer is difficult enough for adults to understand. Explaining it to a child can feel nearly impossible. That challenge becomes even greater with multiple myeloma because so much of the disease is invisible. Grandma may still smile. She may still laugh, make dinner, read stories, attend a soccer game, or sit on the floor and play with her grandchildren. She may not have lost her hair. She may not look like the image of a cancer patient that children have seen on television. So naturally, a child may wonder: If Grandma has cancer, why doesn’t Grandma look sick? That simple question inspired Grandma Doesn’t Look Sick: Unmasking Multiple Myeloma Through a Child’s Eyes by KT Roland. Cancer Through a Child’s Eyes Children notice much more than adults sometimes realize. They notice when Grandma is tired. They notice when she can't do something she did before. They hear conversations about doctors, medicine, treatme...