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Our daughter was five when Rachel went through chemo. For her, it was not hard to understand that the "strong" medicine that was going to help Mommy was also going to do other things--like make her tired and lose her hair.
The big thing for our little one as far as I could tell, was wanting to know exactly when this would happen. This seemed to be creating a decent amount of anxiety, so Rachel wonderfully agreed to have a haircutting party--Jessie invited some friends, we invited some friends and neighbors (including one with a professional pair of clippers!) and Rachel had her hair cut down to a modified buzz.
As many folks recommended we kept her cut hair in a bag--in case Jessie wanted to "visit" it. She did want to look once or twice, but soon lost interest.
Good luck to your friend...
Jeff
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