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[quote=Anonymous]I had an aunt die from cancer last year, and my take is that you need to tell him. You should have already told him. My aunt died very fast - 4 weeks after the cancer was found, there was no pathology report until 2 weeks after she died - and it was extremely traumatic for my son. I didn't know how sick she was (because we were waiting be on the diagnosis!) so I hadn't told my son she was sick at all, and then I got a call that if I wanted to see her I had to drive down that day. We still didn't think she was that close to death, so we drive down and I told my son we would be seeing her, but that she was very very sick. She died while we were at the hospital. My son was shocked, and he cried for 6 hours after we got home. It was absolutely TERRIBLE. Tell him before you go. Maybe after school Friday so that he has a little time to process it before seeing her, and also doesn't have to go to school the next day. [/quote]
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