| I hope the best for you and your family. Be strong. Our son was diagnosed a brain cancer at 4. He's 8 now, and really fine given what he got through. At that time, our daughter was 2. Our other son was born 2 weeks after the diagnosis. My wife was in maternity leave, and of course, in this situation, there was no way I could continue to work. My parents took care of our daughter during the treatments of my son. She didn't understand the situation so it was very hard for her, as she felt abandoned by her parents. My son got 3 "standard" chemos and 3 highly dosed chemos. During each of the later ones, he had to stay for 2 weeks (at least) in a sterile room until he got back a sufficient immunity. Our baby couldn't enter the sterile room, so we alternated with my wife. One stayed with our baby in another part in the hospital, while the other spent time with our kid. My company was really supporting to me. My colleagues decided to offer me paid days off. This is something you can legally do in France: give some of your vacation days to colleagues. All my colleagues gave me one day each, and this allowed me to be with my kid until I could go back to work. Depending on the relationship you have with your colleagues, maybe something like this could be worked out?
For the record, I got another paid month, thanks to the health insurance. Friends also helped by preparing us some meals, and they also gathered some money so we could have a nice WE in family when we got out of this situation. |