Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 31, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba A12 Winnipeg free press monday july 31, 2006 health children facing radiation cd rom helps kids Cope with cancer treatment by Sheryl Ubelacker t Oronto ? eleven year old Justina Erb sits with a stuffed animal on her Knees stroking its Long floppy ears. She has named her Plush Puppy Radical a fitting Moniker Given the cuddly companions role in her life. Radical is Justina a radiation buddy and he has been at her Side through More than six weeks of treatments for a brain Tumour diagnosed in april. But he is just one of Many helpmate provided by the Hospital for sick children and Princess mar Garet Hospital to ease the often Long Road of therapy for kids with cancer. The latest addition to the Toronto hospitals com Aaron Harris / Canadian press fort Arsenal is an educational cd rom called Radi Justina Erb shows the mask she must Wear. Action for kids an animated interactive primer that shows children diagnosed with cancer and their lines about How to talk to their child about cancer. Families what to expect once the treatment phase to see Justina so positive excited to scan he begins. Cancer and hop up on the table for treatment. Alle after i looked at the cd rom i want really via Ted some of the fear says Erb. Afraid of anything Justina says with a Sweet smile the cd which will be provided free of charge and a maturity beyond her years. The pictures on through 11 cancer centres across Canada show the cd rom were very similar to the real thing. It kids facing radiation How to create an animate made me feel More confident about the whole character and take it on a virtual tour ? from the front door of the Hospital through All the planning that included being fitted for a hockey mask like and treatment rooms they will encounter. Apparatus that would keep her head immobile Dur the character which can be tailor made As a Boying treatments so the painless radiation beam could or girl with different coloured clothes and hair be targeted at her Tumour with pinpoint accuracy. Meets the various members of the health care team seeing ahead of time what her daughter would sees the equipment and How it works and is Given a encounter also helped ease the Toronto family Sage appropriate explanation of How the radiation anxiety said her Mother Rowena. A Section for Par will help treat the cancer. Ends includes a glossary of medical terms and guide the cd includes puzzles and games with voice Aaron Harris / Canadian press Justina Erb wearing her Metek mask demonstrates what radiation treatment is like. Over explanations for Young children and More there a always going to be some anxiety she detailed information for kids up to 16. Concedes. They be been through so much by the we know that the More they can relate to the time they get Here. It helps them get an under situation and the More interactive it is the better standing of what a going says David Wiljer director of knowledge manage that sense of powerlessness was one reason 18?ment and innovation at Princess Margaret. Year old Jessica jumped at the Chance to help design its a Small patient population but its a Popula the cd. After being diagnosed four years ago with Tion that needs tremendous support Wiljer says a malignancy on her pituitary gland deep in the of the roughly 500 children needing radiation treat brain she Felt unprepared for what was to come. Ment in Canada each year about 150 of them it was very scary admits Jessica who asked through sick kids Hospital. This is one of the tools that her last name not be used. Everything came As that we can provide to them to help through a very a big Surprise. Everything was a fear because it difficult was unknown. 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