Janet

>> <<<
Hey, there are families with terminally ill children who make them go to
school to the end. WHY!?? (Why!?? said the mom who doesn't make her kids
go
to school at all....)>>

Oh yeah that was the other thing! Probably so that the child can still lead
a
"normal" life. <<<

Yes, that is what it is! I am on an e-mail list of other parents of kids
with cancer, and this is what they talk about. For a lot of the kids who
have been in school, it's more of a "be with my friends" kind of thing (the
same thing I hear from potential homeschoolers....the parents are ready to
pull the kids out but the kids don't want to leave their friends, or be
"weird" or whatever. I'm the opposite. Even knowing that my child has an
80%+ cure rate, I want to spend as much time with him as possible, because I
want to have no regrets later (also one of the reasons I homeschool....who
knows what tomorrow will bring?)

Janet, mom to Caroline, 7, and Thomas, 3

Sponsor me in the Suzuki Rock & Roll Marathon as I raise money for the
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I'll be running in honor of my 3 yr old son,
Thomas, who was diagnosed with leukemia in Oct. 2000. E-mail me
jefhdvm@... for details!