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The Deep C

The Deep C Podcast is for families, caregivers, friends and community who are supporting a child through a cancer diagnosis.While every ounce of your being is used to carry your child, this podcast is here to carry you.When you"re bedside at the hospital, sitting in a waiting room for the millionth appointment, or just need to feel like you"re not alone in this dark place - come find us.Our conversations will match the ones you"re already having in your head. No topic is off limits, no fear is kept

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41:30

A Future Worth Fighting For - A Father's Story of His...

The Deep C ·

2024/05/16

In today's episode we meet Jeff who's daughter Lily was diagnosed with an astrocytoma when she was four monthsold. In sharing about Lily's cancer treatment, Jeff turns the focus from his daughter towards his incredible wife Julie and the heroic efforts she took to save Lily, and then in turn, the realization that she needed to save herself.Jeff shares the intimate and vulnerable details of how his wife supported their daughterfor years throughout her treatment, and the toll it takes on a parent,

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52:06

Cole's Medulloblastoma Survivor Story - From...

The Deep C ·

2024/05/06

In recognition of Brain Cancer Awareness Month, today’s episode features Cole who was diagnosed with medulloblastoma when he was 12yrs old. Today, Cole is a 22 yr old soon to be college graduate who dedicates his time, energy and passion to raising awareness and advocating for childhood cancer research.Cole shares his memories of his life before cancer, what it felt like to be diagnosed, and how his family and God carried him throughout his treatment. Cole is vulnerable, honest and so generous with

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40:46

Ep. 13 In the Rhabdomyosarcoma Trenches Together -...

The Deep C ·

2024/04/30

Oncology parents instantly connect on so many levels because our experience is so nuanced and unique, but it's especially familiar and comfortable talking to a parent whose child has the exact same diagnosis as yours. Under the absolute worst circumstances, it turns out that it IS possible to find people who can make you feel seen and supported.In this episode, we shareour experience with our kids Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma - throughdiagnosis, treatment and scans, we relate on every single level. It

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38:07

Ep. 12 Confessions of a Child Life Specialist -...

The Deep C ·

2024/04/22

Today we speak with Jasmine Miller, a Child Life Specialist at the UF Proton Therapy Institute in Jacksonville, Florida. Jasmine gives parents her strategies on working with kids to face the really big scary feelings that come with a cancer diagnosis, and she shares some vulnerable truths of what children confess to her about their treatment when their parents aren’t in the room.Jasmine has her bachelor's degree in music therapy and has a masters degree in child development. She has been working

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47:03

Ep. 11 The Reality of Relapse - What It’s Like To...

The Deep C ·

2024/04/16

When I first met Julie, I felt this deep enduring strength inside of her. The kind of an embattled solider who had seen war many, many times. I knew she was the perfect person to talk about the roller coaster of this disease, how totally unpredictable and out of control it can be, and how difficult (I actually think we use the word impossible in our conversation) it is to ride it. How do you get comfortable knowing your world could be thrown upside-down in an instant? How do you do life, how do you

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39:37

Ep. 10 The Life After - Spirituality, Beliefs and...

The Deep C ·

2024/04/01

My conversation with Erin was special from the second she opened her mouth. She is the most gentle, warm and beautiful soul, and so willing to share and get vulnerable about what life was like after her daughter Arden passed 4 years ago.At Arden’s 12 month check up, Erin mentioned to her paediatrician that Arden had a small bump on her chest, and her doctor brushed it off as a lipoma. But Erin knew that Arden hadn't been herself, she was pale, bruising and, as we ALL know, something just didn’t feel

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40:43

Ep. 09 Unbreakable Bonds - Supporting Partners and...

The Deep C ·

2024/03/26

Kevin’s son Asher was diagnosed at 3 months old with LCH when it was still a very rare cancer diagnosis with minimal research and a trial and error treatment plan. Kevin’s wife Katy became the “medical” parent while he was the parent who kept life running. Kevin speaks candidly about their division of roles and how they kept an open and consistent line of communication with each other throughout Asher’s treatment as a way to stay connected and make sure the other was feeling supported and cared

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41:06

Ep. 08 Are You Internal or External? Parents Sam and...

The Deep C ·

2024/03/18

My husband and I are VERY different, like we're about as opposite as it gets, but somehow we’ve found a way to intersect where it matters the most to us.We have our outside life where people at parties would think we're strangers, and our inside life where our roots grow so far and widespread you will never find where they end.When our daughter was diagnosed, our differences for some reason worked in our favour. He became our pillar of strength and I became our pillar of action. While he was holding

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51:14

Ep. 07 You Already Know How To Do This - Inside a...

The Deep C ·

2024/03/10

In today's episode Sam talks with her cancer therapist, social worker Laura Pasqualino about the tools and strategies Laura helped Sam apply during her daughter's treatment. Laura believes we already know the way through the darkness, we've just never had to access the resiliencyand inner-guides until now. Shegives examples of how she helps parents find their way, and how she teaches us to visit the pain, not live in it.Laura holds a Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of Toronto and

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Ep. 06 If Trauma Was a Contest, No One Would Win -...

The Deep C ·

2024/03/04

Host Sam Taylor chats with Dawn who’s son Ollie was 7 when she noticed a tiny bump on his neck that wasn’t going away. After months of trying to get answers, with multiple doctors suggesting it was cat scratch disease or tuberculosis, they finally got a biopsy that concluded it was ALCL. Treatment began, Ollie relapsed, and with the cancer cells now in his central nervous system they attached themselves to his optic nerves. After waking up from a lumbar puncture, Ollie was groggy and asking to have

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52:59

Ep. 05 Just Don't Call It a Journey - Cara on...

The Deep C ·

2024/02/26

Host Sam Taylor talks to Cara whose daughter was two years old when she was diagnosed with Leukemia. Due to adrenal complications during treatment, Cara's daughter arrested and was placed on life support for 47 days in the ICU. Cara talks about coping through this dark and scary time, what helped to pull her through, and how once her daughter was done treatment, she felt like she'd lost her identity. Sam and Cara talk about therapy, how to best support a friend during treatment, the "bad words" that

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Ep. 04 Sitting In The Dark Together - Sarah Blackwood...

The Deep C ·

2024/02/19

Host Sam Taylor talks to her best friend musician Sarah Blackwood from Walk Off the Earth on all the ways friends and community can support a family through their child's cancer treatment. Sarah shares the ways they built an army of support, how they delegated tasks, and how they knew to ride the waves of treatment by sitting in the pain and fear of cancer and never tryingto make it better. Sarah talks about her coping strategies through grief and traumaafter her own personal loss, and how she found

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1:32:54

Ep. 03 Special Episode for International Childhood...

The Deep C ·

2024/02/15

In recognition of International Childhood Cancer Day, join host Sam Taylor on The Deep C as she sits down with Sickboy to share how parents and caregivers learn to cope with their child's cancer diagnosis. Sam talks about how disorienting and lonely it is when a child is diagnosed, and how it feels like being tossed into the depths of the ocean. Sam shares how the only way to survive and to carry your child through treatment is to learn how to breathe underwater, to learn how to become a fish.In

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1:12:32

Ep. 02 Even The Hardest Day Was A Day I had With Him...

The Deep C ·

2024/02/11

In this episode ofThe Deep C, host Sam Taylor speaks with Carolyn, mom to four beautifulbabies. When Carolyn's second baby Malcolm was 5 monthsold he was diagnosed with leukemia. In an instant, Carolyn and her partner were airlifted to CHEO (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario) and admitted, during covid, while she was pregnant with their third child. For almost 6 months, Carolyn lived at CHEO with Malcolm while he receivedtreatment. The hospital became Carolyn's home, and the nurses and doctors

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52:48

Ep. 01 You Just Have To Keep Swimming - Tamy and Her...

The Deep C ·

2024/02/02

In this episode of The Deep C, host Sam Taylor talks to Tamy, the mom of a 6-year-old powerhouse of a little dude being treated for relapsed neuroblastoma. Sam and Tamy talk about the shock of diagnosis, of what it’s like being in treatment for 5 years, and how it’s never an option to stop moving forward. Tamy shares her well earned coping strategies on scanxiety and relapse results, how she’s found community through her fundraising business Little Press Co. and how she’s learned to keep swimming,

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3:35

Welcome to the Deep C Podcast

The Deep C ·

2024/01/30

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