My Mother's Roommate

Sandra Cowden led an average life as a nurse, wife, and mother, but this changed in an instant one chilly day in January of 1981. Her world unraveled as she battled her brain tumor and the consequences of this life-altering diagnosis.The impacts of medication and the tumor on Sandra's brain frayed her reality. Chaos, fear, and denial incubated in her mind, but she also had hope.My Mother's Roommate is a real first-person account of a young mother facing a cancer diagnosis, braided...
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Sandra Cowden led an average life as a nurse, wife, and mother, but this changed in an instant one chilly day in January of 1981. Her world unraveled as she battled her brain tumor and the consequences of this life-altering diagnosis.The impacts of medication and the tumor on Sandra's brain frayed her reality. Chaos, fear, and denial incubated in her mind, but she also had hope.My Mother's Roommate is a real first-person account of a young mother facing a cancer diagnosis, braided together with her daughter's memories decades later. Together, Sandra and her daughter Karen, a cancer researcher, weave a promise for improved care for future patients and families facing cancer.