My friends little brother has leukemia and i want to help. How can i go about that and how can i get help from others???
2006-10-12 03:29:18 · 6 answers · asked by babygirl 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
The above answers are great. May I just add that your friend's brother will likely need many blood transfusions. You could donate blood and encourage your other friends and relatives to do the same. Even if your blood doesn't match his, there are many other people who would benefit from it.
You may also want to look into being a bone marrow donor. He or someone else could use it in the future.
2006-10-12 07:20:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be there when they want to just talk. Don't say things like 'it will be fine, you will get better, etc.'
Are they very religious? You could pray with them to draw strength from God and as Jesus said 'throw all your anxieties on me'. There will soon be a time when there will be 'no more sickness and mourning, death...the former things have passed away'.
Perhaps they could use some help with medical bills. Get people together and sale baked goods, garage sales....or just donations to help.
Try to be upbeat and encouraging but if they want to cry with you let them.
Thats such a hard time. I do know of someone that had it when she was young and is now 23 years old and doing fine.
If they are busy running to the doctor and hospital they may need help with pets or something around the house ...
2006-10-12 10:47:47 · answer #2 · answered by bratty1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
help the family by doing errands and other things for them.
organizing a fundraiser is a good idea that was mentioned because hospital care is very expensive
get the brother's friends from school to sign a card or send him some balloons.
depending on how sick he is play board games, laptop games, or video games with him- he is still a kid and wants to have some fun if he is well enough to play.
2006-10-12 13:47:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just be there for them to listen or talk or whatever they need. Offer to run errands for them if you can, help with the grocery shopping - cook a meal for them and just take it over, they will really appreciate not having to put out the effort to get a meal on the table. Offer to keep up with phone calls, chances are lots of folks are calling to see how things are going and it's exhausting to get to the end of the day and have umpteen phone calls to return. Maybe even record a daily message on their phone with updates on the little guy's progress. Good luck to you all, hope it all goes well.
2006-10-12 11:23:14 · answer #4 · answered by woodlands127 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
be there for him. my best friend died of leukemia when we were 13. it was very hard. you can try to set up fundraisers to help the family and be there for him and his little brother. its a hard thing to sit and watch from the sidelines but be as supportive as you can for the whole family.
2006-10-12 10:37:42 · answer #5 · answered by lilshorty3088 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This site has the best info on the disease:
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
This site has a wonderful gift shop with gifts for cancer patients and caregivers:
http://www.choosehope.com
Best wishes!
2006-10-13 08:45:54 · answer #6 · answered by Char 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋