Having a side effect or long term effect after surviving a battle with Pediatric Cancer is not at all surprising. On today's podcast Marta Blanco will talk about her daughter Sofia, who after being diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2003 when she was 4 years old, suffered from Heart Failure during her treatment for this form of Pediatric Cancer. Although Sofia had recovered from her Lymphoma battle and managed to have a good quality of life for a number of years, she passed away from this Heart Failure side effect in April of 2012, just one month after her 13th birthday.
Having a side effect or long term effect after surviving a battle with Pediatric Cancer is not at all surprising. On today's podcast Marta Blanco will talk about her daughter Sofia, who after being diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2003 when she was 4 years old, suffered from Heart Failure during her treatment for this form of Pediatric Cancer. Although Sofia had recovered from her Lymphoma battle and managed to have a good quality of life for a number of years, she passed away from this Heart Failure side effect in April of 2012, just one month after her 13th birthday.