128) Day 1 – childhood cancer awareness month

The following infographic, I downloaded from a childhood cancer support group site on Facebook. There is actually a set of 30, and It was being shared so that it can be further shared during Childhood cancer Awareness Month to bring about more visibility to the cause. The statistic on his image is American, and I’m actually surprised that it’s not higher. The 2019 Canadian statistics report that an average of 1000 people aged 0 to 14 years are diagnosed with cancer every year. (https://www.cancer.ca/~/media/cancer.ca/CW/publications/Canadian%20Cancer%20Statistics/Canadian-Cancer-Statistics-2019-EN.pdf) With population that’s approximately 10 times our own, I’m surprised the American statistic isn’t closer to 10,000. 

 

The second infographic I’m posting comes from I Draw Childhood Cancer. (https://idrawchildhoodcancer.com/) The person behind I Draw Childhood Cancer is Angus Olsen, a former Disney animator. Angus “sat by his daughter’s bedside during her treatment .... and began doing little drawings about what hospital was like.” He’s written a series of books to explain cancer, medical procedures, and devices such as PICC Lines, NG tubes, and ports at a level aimed at younger children. If you’re interested, please follow him on social media. FB (https://www.facebook.com/idrawchildhoodcancer/) IG (https://www.instagram.com/idrawchildhoodcancer/) TW (https://twitter.com/idrawcancer) Visiting any of these links, you will see his most recent illustration that’s both a tribute and a thank you to Chadwick Boseman. It’s very poignant, and it made me well up. I won’t say any more about the image, I’ll just let you click on the links to have a look. Each I Draw Childhood Cancer card will be about a different type of cancer that affects children. Today's card is Anaplastic Ependymoma.