Childhood ALL leukemia, has one of the highest survival rates of cancer true, but it is also one of the longest, hardest battles. There is no set number of rounds of chemo, or surgery to remove the cancer. The cancer is in your entire body, it's in your bone marrow, your blood, your central nervous system. And when you have boy parts, it's there. Best case scenario is 3.5 years. That's 3 birthday, 3 christmases, etc. it's an ongoing fight.
True that not all phases of treatment are so intense with iv chemo, but you still have the home chemos during that time, keep the " bad ninjas" at bay.
It's years of fears, years of tears, sadness, and feelings of loneliness, and helplessness.
You won't always know what's going on. And as a mommy, this warrior becomes your full time job. This warrior needs your lap, your hugs, your song ( even if it sounds like drowning cats getting run over on the freeway). This warrior needs you to be their strength, when they can't be. This warrior, even when times are hard, and there is no ease in sight, needs you to not give up.