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Mother of Brooke and older son Jake. Brooke had infantile Tay-Sachs and at the time of this interview was age 3. She has since passed away.

Child illness impacts a marriage in different ways.
Grief counselor Nancy Frumer Styron discusses the many ways that child illness impacts a marriage — practical, logistical, emotional, financial stresses — and how parents can differ in how they respond, and the strain these differences put on the marriage. A couple shares the different ways they are coping. A mom shares how a divide developed between she and her husband around the care of their son with cancer.
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Child illness impacts a marriage in different ways.

You can change your mind re treatment and care plan.

Telling Jake about his sister’s illness.

It becomes about a good fit.

Oh my gosh, is she going to heaven?

Parents worry they’re going to have regrets, but if it’s the right decision …

Hospice streamlines everything.

People need to do what feels right to them.

I have asked every possible question.

It’s important to think about your other children.

It’s hard to imagine your life without your child.

Everyone has their stuff.

Parents ask, Did my child leave a legacy?

It’s OK to think about the future.

She’s made me proud.
