My friend's daughter has Leukemia she's only 7 I want to help so what can I do?

Answer 1

Be there for your friend, she going to need it, that's the best thing you can do.

If you still want to do more you could maybe cook her a meal and bring it over if she's really busy or something.

Answer 2

I highly suggest having her drs see if St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN has any open protocols for her type of luekemia. St. Jude is not a walk-in hospital, she will need to be 'referred' to the hospital and if they have an open protocol, they will take her. ALL (Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia) is the most common child-hood cancer and St Jude has a 94% cure rate at the moment. Depending on where you live, there are several St. Jude affiliates through-out the country.

There is no cost to the families - St Jude will even pay for the child and one parent to come here - be it a train, a flight or car - they will reimburse mileage - they have housing either on campus or within a few miles and provide transportation. If you are going to be there long term they provide longterm housing and groceries as well.

If that is not an option - be the best friend you can be - offer to babysit if they have other children, help out with the household chores or errands - anything you can do to help provide as much of a "normal" life for their family.

Good luck to them and so nice of you to want to help!

Answer 3

My daughter who is also 7 was diagnosed last october with Acute myeloid leukaemia. The thing my husband and I needed was time to spend with our daughter together. We had to take turns between her in hospital and our other 2 children. Another thing I found hard was having to leave her alone in the hospital just so I could have a meal with the rest of my family. So I would say when the daughter is in hospital offer to sit with her or baby sit other children. My daughter spent the most part of 5 months in hospital isolation (away from her sisters, they were too little to visit) Cooking the parents a meal or going for a cup of coffee.
We found it hard financially, we couldnt work but the bills still needed paying. Finding donations, if the family need help is also a great help.

Answer 4

Tell your friend you are there night or day to just listen. After along day at the hospital, maybe cleaning the house or having a nice dinner ready for the microwave would help. Offer to sit with them as they wait through the procedures she is gong to endure.

If there is another child in the home, offer to help with the care of that child. Offer to pick up friends or family who are coming to visit. In other words, be there as a friend ready to help in any way that will relieve them from the daily little things.

Answer 5

Be as supportive as you can. I would learn all about her disease and try to help with any questions about treatment. Maybe goto your local banks and set up donation accounts that the community can donate to, to help them with funding. Tell all your friends and family to make a donation. I dont know where you are from but I know Trustco Bank helps people set up these types of accounts. Ask local buisness owners to help out with a donation box for the family. Good luck and sorry to hear about your friends daughter, hope she will be ok.

Answer 6

Pray and just be there for support. If she as other kids, offer to watch them when she takes her daughter to the doctors so she can focus on her daughter for those visits. Offer to babysit the daughter (and other kids) so she can take a break. The best thing you can do is not let her push people away. Offer yourself as a sounding board, sometimes its good to have someone to talk to but you don't want to ask. When my husband was shot and in the hospital, I wanted people to call and talk to me, no one did and I did not want to call anyone since my conversations just got too sad. I didn't expect anyone to solve my problem but I needed people to let me talk.

Answer 7

Be there for your friend, times will be hard for her and you have to know when to give her space and when to give her a shoulder to cry on and not get upset at her if she seems moody sometimes. Also don't think that you always have to have something to say, just be there. Also maybe find some family support groups and attend with her if she wants. Treat her and her little girl the same as you always did.

Answer 8

Maybe, to support all the medical bills and stuff. You can make those special bands with a message for her, and sell it at her school, around her neighboor hood and district, her family, and people she knows. Or make a little site for her, and people and make donations. Also, keep her happy, make her think that she is just a normal 7 year old that dosnt have any medical problems. Also comfort her mother, who is your friend.

Answer 9

just stay positive around her. Let her know its not the end of the world. Also, if you're looking for a hospital, try St. Jude. Its really nice. Good luck and I'll keep her in my prayers

Answer 10

Don't blame it on yourself. These things happen. Anyways with the technology we have today we have less to worry about. Alot that means to many people are living with this disease, but with hope see will survive.