OMG Chrispa...I cannot imagine what you are going through.  My only experience is a niece who is a cancer survivor.   She was diagnosed when she was 40.  She had a double mastectomy and re-constructive surgery.  She has been cancer free for 6 years now.  So there is hope.  She too has young children and I'm sure went through many of the same scares that you are.

There is a website that might be of help.  It was founded by a local new woman who also had breast cancer.  The site is http://www.abcdbreastcancersupport.org/ which stands for After Breast Cancer Diagnosis.  It helps with all the questions that must be running through your head.  I know my niece said it helped her immensely.  I hope it will do the same for you.

You are in my prayers to beat this thing.

God speed!

Kathy J

Hello everyone!
What a wonderful site.  I am enjoying all of the downloads.  They are so much fun.

I am Katie's Grandmother. My name is Kathy.  I live in SE Wisconsin.  Katie is my 19 month old grand daughter who I watch every day.   I feel so blessed to have been able to retire early and now to be able to have Katie with me everyday.   In years passed, I had my own day care but needed to return to the work force.  I missed having children around me but learned a lot technologically while I worked.  I retired as a Technical Support Manager a few years ago. 

My experiences in both worlds has helped me with Katie.  I use technology to help her learn.  We started with learning sign language when she was 9 months old.  A colleague of my husbands' was using it with her daughter.  So, Katie and I went to the local library and borrowed DVD's that dealt with sign language.  I was amazed at how quickly she picked up on communicating.  At 19 months, she has a sign vocabulary of 50-60 words. 

A couple of months ago we started on learning the written word and word association.   I put together a few of my own Power Point presentations, made flash cards and of course utilized whatever the library had to offer.   Once again, she blew me away.   She is quick to pick up on whatever is presented before her.   I love it!!  I wish I had had similar things when her mother and aunt (my kids) were her age!

BrillKids just reinforces my belief that the sooner you start, the better. 

Thank you very much for having all these great tools available to us to help our kids (grandkids).

Kathy J