Very hard to think about for yourself, much less explain it to kids. One of those – try to prepare for the worse, but hope with everything you have for the best.
So, did he have a blood clot in the lung? Was that almost fatal? What is the prognosis & the actual disease? When is he going home? Does he have to be on blood thinners for the rest of his life? the actual details were kind of skipped over in this arc.
I have to say, my mother, who died when I was 10, was sick for a good part of my childhood. The worst part was knowing SOMEthing was wrong but not what. By the time my father finally told me how sick she was I was practically numb. I wish he had found words to let me know that she was sick but they were fighting it. Could NOT have been worse, and we each wouldn’t have been alone in the pain.
When my oldest was about Toby’s age, she asked me for straight-up answers about my lupus. Was I going to die? I could. I wasn’t intending on it. She then demanded reassurance that I was going to live as long as my 96-year-old grandmother, and as gently as I could I told her that there are no guarantees for anybody. The end result is, her grades tanked and she fell apart because she came away from that conversation sure I was going to drop dead any second, no matter how hard I’d tried to be realistic but also reassuring. She’s 36 now and has a biology PhD, so clearly she recovered from all that, but it was rough for awhile there. …And I’m still here. Doing fine. Long live Greg Cravens!
Doctor Toon almost 6 years ago
Denial?
arianseren almost 6 years ago
Better to be truth on this. Kids are a lot savvier that we give them credit
Al Nala almost 6 years ago
It’s a comic. NOBODY dies in a comic strip, except for Dick Tracy’s strip.
Perkycat almost 6 years ago
Very hard to think about for yourself, much less explain it to kids. One of those – try to prepare for the worse, but hope with everything you have for the best.
starcandles Premium Member almost 6 years ago
So, did he have a blood clot in the lung? Was that almost fatal? What is the prognosis & the actual disease? When is he going home? Does he have to be on blood thinners for the rest of his life? the actual details were kind of skipped over in this arc.
dogday Premium Member almost 6 years ago
I have to say, my mother, who died when I was 10, was sick for a good part of my childhood. The worst part was knowing SOMEthing was wrong but not what. By the time my father finally told me how sick she was I was practically numb. I wish he had found words to let me know that she was sick but they were fighting it. Could NOT have been worse, and we each wouldn’t have been alone in the pain.
amaryllis2 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
When my oldest was about Toby’s age, she asked me for straight-up answers about my lupus. Was I going to die? I could. I wasn’t intending on it. She then demanded reassurance that I was going to live as long as my 96-year-old grandmother, and as gently as I could I told her that there are no guarantees for anybody. The end result is, her grades tanked and she fell apart because she came away from that conversation sure I was going to drop dead any second, no matter how hard I’d tried to be realistic but also reassuring. She’s 36 now and has a biology PhD, so clearly she recovered from all that, but it was rough for awhile there. …And I’m still here. Doing fine. Long live Greg Cravens!