A mother tells us

Child has cancer: “Everything else becomes unimportant”

Today is World Childhood Cancer Day. A Graz family had to endure years of uncertainty: Mother Alexandra discovered a lump behind her six-year-old daughter's ear - a rare form of cancer.

A child with a big smile on her face, presents all around: Alexandra B. (name changed) scrolls through the photos of her daughter Melanie. The nurses wear masks, a doctor gives the child a package. Melanie unpacks her toys on the hospital bed, a cap covers her bald head.