"When I got the diagnosis, I fell apart. They sent in a therapist to start talking to me while I was going from doctor to doctor to MRI all in that one day. In between all of those medical visits, I said, 'I'm so afraid to tell my kids. What am I going to tell my little girls?'
"So [the therapist] walked me through it. She said, 'They're old enough to know something's wrong with you. You're going to have to explain why you've been crying all day. They can handle it, but you need to reassure them. It's all about making them feel safe in a very scary situation. You're honest, but you don't go into too much detail. You tell them you have cancer. You tell them that you have the best doctors in the world who are helping you. And you reassure them that you are going to live.'"
