My Spouse Died Too: Episode 81: Widowed Dad With A Toddler (2 of 3)

Episode 81: Widowed Dad With A Toddler (2 of 3)

Jun 14, 2022

Deep into treatment, Derek’s young wife Emily seeks a second opinion with the world-renowned cancer specialists at MD Anderson in Houston Texas. You’ll hear what the doctors say, their plan.

How Derek compartmentalizes: One moment he’s a husband, the next, he’s a caregiver, and at the same time, father to their baby boy. Wearing three hats, how does he do this?

You’ll hear why Derek had to smuggle his baby boy INTO the hospital.

And with conflicted heavy hearts, we contemplate how, with cancer treatment, it feels as if we choose to slowly kill our loved one, because, if left untreated, cancer might kill faster.

Right after Emily’s funeral, Derek chooses to take a road trip with his baby son. Derek explains why.

And plenty more!

Bulletoes

She Wanted A Second Opinion
Scan-xiety
Cancer is fu#&ed up
Valentine’s Weekend
The New Nightmare
Please Just Go Blank
Smuggling Our Baby INTO The Hospital
Compartmentalizing: Caregiver, Husband, and Father
Killing Her Slower
Fiesta Night
Angelic Hospice Nurses
Father and Baby Son Road Trip

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