Category Archives: Palliative Care

Grieving a Child, Son or Daughter

Losing a child is one of life’s biggest tragedies.  All that promise, all those hopes, all those possibilities for a bright and successful future disappear in an instant.  Whether you’ve lost a young child or a young adult child, the feeling of loss cuts deep.  We are simply not programmed to deal with the death [...]

Dealing With Dying Children: Consider Pediatric Palliative Care

When a child is born with a congenital illness that does not have a cure, it is natural for the child’s parents to have great difficulty caring for their child in his or her final time on Earth.  This is because it is natural for a child to accept the loss of a parent but [...]