Description
Bailey Schreier (23) talks with her mom Cindy Kern (58) about Bailey’s diagnosis of cancer at age 13.Subject Log / Time Code
CK talks about BS’s illness/diagnosis and when they broke the new to BS after school on a Monday afternoon that she had Hodgkins Lymphoma.
BS talks about her first and second rounds of chemotherapy after relapsing three years after her first illness. She and CK talks in detail about the physical and emotional strains of the treatment. BS remembers thinking it was ok to die.
CK talks about how BS’s positive attitude helped everything go smoother in light of all the stress and worry. They talk about it being 6 years since BS’s stem cell transplant, which was her last procedure dealing with the illness.
BS talks about this experience shaking and rearranging her faith and spiritual beliefs. CK weights in on the same.
CK says there were moments when she thought her daughter would die and She talks about crying in the shower and how hard Andrew, her 10 year old son took it.
Participants
- Bailey Schreier
- Cindy Kern
Venue / Recording Kit
Tier
Keywords
- Accidents
- Andrew
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- Appearance
- bile
- bunny ears
- CAT scan
- Catholic
- Charleston (dance)
- Chemotherapy
- children’s clinic
- clavicle
- college
- David
- emergency surgery
- family doctor stories
- Family Traditions
- garlic creamed corn
- Hodgkins Lymphoma
- home bound schooling
- Humor
- illness
- Injuries
- Iv
- lungs
- lymph node
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- Nurse
- personal experiences
- radiation
- Reagan
- regimens
- religious beliefs and practices
- school day memories
- side effects
- social beliefs and practices
- Spouse
- stage four
- stem cell transplant
- survival percentage