Chapter 2
Collaborative Care Is More Effective
Stephanie Zimmerman was eight years old when she was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare childhood bone cancer that required aggressive treatment. The experience inspired Stephanie to pursue a career as an oncology nurse-practitioner, but it also wreaked havoc on her heart.
In her thirties, Stephanie discovered that the lifesaving chemotherapy and radiation treatment that she’d received as a child had damaged her heart tissue. The potential consequences were unknown. Although she and her husband, John, were aware that having a damaged heart intensified the ordinary risks of childbirth, they welcomed their son, Abel, into the world. Over the years, Stephanie felt that something was changing—she ...
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