Reporter’s notebook: kids, cancer, schools
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- April
- 28
In speaking with two 17-year-old Harrison High School girls whose sisters were diagnosed with leukemia, I asked them whether they felt there was more stress on them or less because of their sister’s illnesses.
Their reactions were twofold: it’s hard to watch your sister so ill and know you can’t do anything.
Alexa Luiso, whose sister was diagnosed last year, found herself having to watch her younger sibs because her parents were spending time at the hospital.
“I felt I had to take a parental role. My other younger sister was (ill for a different reason) and shew as at one hospital, my other sister at another. I felt like I had to be there for them. I try to help out as much as possible because it’s not easy on anybody.
“I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining or I’m not willing to help or I don’t sympathize but … I have things to get done on my own. I’m trying to get into college. When you are in this state of mind, it’s not a good idea to worry about everything. You need to get past all your problems or it will build up and it’s more stress.”
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