Sarah Wildman

My sense is that the medical establishment sees the death of a child as a failure. Their failure, the doctor's failure. As the doctor's failure, yeah. I think there is a reluctance to face the idea that medicine has limits. Children's hospitals really are always advertising that they will cure children, right?

My sense is that the medical establishment sees the death of a child as a failure. Their failure, the doctor's failure. As the doctor's failure, yeah. I think there is a reluctance to face the idea that medicine has limits. Children's hospitals really are always advertising that they will cure children, right?

My sense is that the medical establishment sees the death of a child as a failure. Their failure, the doctor's failure. As the doctor's failure, yeah. I think there is a reluctance to face the idea that medicine has limits. Children's hospitals really are always advertising that they will cure children, right?

And as a result, they don't invest in psychoemotional care for the end of life or the transition from curative care into maintenance care and then finally end of life care, which means that families are left sort of reading tea leaves, if you will, you know, trying to figure out between the lines of what is being said, what's truly happening.

And as a result, they don't invest in psychoemotional care for the end of life or the transition from curative care into maintenance care and then finally end of life care, which means that families are left sort of reading tea leaves, if you will, you know, trying to figure out between the lines of what is being said, what's truly happening.

And as a result, they don't invest in psychoemotional care for the end of life or the transition from curative care into maintenance care and then finally end of life care, which means that families are left sort of reading tea leaves, if you will, you know, trying to figure out between the lines of what is being said, what's truly happening.

When I was told that Orly's cancer was incurable, hearing incurable didn't necessarily translate to me to, and now she'll die. I think it was very hard to absorb, but it also went somewhat unspoken. And part of the reason why it's so hard to absorb is that you sort of have to hear it again and again because it feels so catastrophically impossible to

When I was told that Orly's cancer was incurable, hearing incurable didn't necessarily translate to me to, and now she'll die. I think it was very hard to absorb, but it also went somewhat unspoken. And part of the reason why it's so hard to absorb is that you sort of have to hear it again and again because it feels so catastrophically impossible to

When I was told that Orly's cancer was incurable, hearing incurable didn't necessarily translate to me to, and now she'll die. I think it was very hard to absorb, but it also went somewhat unspoken. And part of the reason why it's so hard to absorb is that you sort of have to hear it again and again because it feels so catastrophically impossible to

that you can't fight it, especially because I had spent so much time researching. I'm a journalist. I sort of applied all those journalistic skills. I read every paper. I made myself into an expert in liver cancer, as did her dad. And we thought we could outsmart cancer in some way.

that you can't fight it, especially because I had spent so much time researching. I'm a journalist. I sort of applied all those journalistic skills. I read every paper. I made myself into an expert in liver cancer, as did her dad. And we thought we could outsmart cancer in some way.

that you can't fight it, especially because I had spent so much time researching. I'm a journalist. I sort of applied all those journalistic skills. I read every paper. I made myself into an expert in liver cancer, as did her dad. And we thought we could outsmart cancer in some way.

But it turned out the type of cancer that Orly had, hepatoblastoma, which is typically seen in toddlers, does not have a good cure rate for children who are older. They do very well under the age of three. And then older children, Orly was 10 at diagnosis, they don't tend to survive.

But it turned out the type of cancer that Orly had, hepatoblastoma, which is typically seen in toddlers, does not have a good cure rate for children who are older. They do very well under the age of three. And then older children, Orly was 10 at diagnosis, they don't tend to survive.

But it turned out the type of cancer that Orly had, hepatoblastoma, which is typically seen in toddlers, does not have a good cure rate for children who are older. They do very well under the age of three. And then older children, Orly was 10 at diagnosis, they don't tend to survive.

It's hard to say. I think there are a couple different stages that I would have liked, a different type of conversation. For example, in the spring of 2022, when Orly was feeling really good, she had metastasis to her lung. And we asked if we could travel before she had another surgery. It was to be her third lung surgery. And the lung surgeries were very, very painful.

It's hard to say. I think there are a couple different stages that I would have liked, a different type of conversation. For example, in the spring of 2022, when Orly was feeling really good, she had metastasis to her lung. And we asked if we could travel before she had another surgery. It was to be her third lung surgery. And the lung surgeries were very, very painful.

It's hard to say. I think there are a couple different stages that I would have liked, a different type of conversation. For example, in the spring of 2022, when Orly was feeling really good, she had metastasis to her lung. And we asked if we could travel before she had another surgery. It was to be her third lung surgery. And the lung surgeries were very, very painful.

And then we were beginning an experimental treatment. And at that time, actually, she was doing really well. And they were concerned to wait. But they didn't say to us, well, there's a new calculation here, which is to say you're facing a third metastasis. We don't know if delaying surgery will affect our ability to get on top of this cancer. They weren't yet talking about it being incurable.

And then we were beginning an experimental treatment. And at that time, actually, she was doing really well. And they were concerned to wait. But they didn't say to us, well, there's a new calculation here, which is to say you're facing a third metastasis. We don't know if delaying surgery will affect our ability to get on top of this cancer. They weren't yet talking about it being incurable.