Theme: Bereavement: The Grief Experience

To pediatric providers: “There is no way to make child death easier but there is a way to help parents feel more supported.”

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To pediatric providers: “There is no way to make child death easier but there is a way to help parents feel more supported.”

Parents of a baby son who was born with Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) speak honestly about how difficult grief is — “We’ve been just like crawling on our hands and knees, trying to get back up to like walking position. It’s a lot to carry all the time.” — and how people need to be taught how to talk about grief, child loss. There is so much we can learn from each other by having the conversation.