; ;

What’s Up With Lyndon? Medikidz Explain Osteosarcoma

The American Cancer Society has gotten into the publishing business by introducing a series of graphic novels which explain different forms of cancer and how they grow and effect the body.  In this book, Lyndon woke up with a sore knee that’s swollen.  His mom decides he needs to go to the doctor.  During the same time, the Medikidz on Planet Mediland (science fiction gets involved) are able to see him via their link (how they do this is just a given).  They hurry and burst into Lyndon’s house, put his parents to sleep, and take him on a trip to Mediland, where they then shrink in size and warp through the skin to the knee.  Here it is explained how the sarcoma grows out of control and causes pain.  Lyndon finds out that he’ll need an operation to remove the growth and then will take chemo to stop the growth.  The whole thing is very well explained and interesting.  I really enjoyed learning how the human body works.  The only part I didn’t enjoy was the lame flatuence jokes; they could have omitted that part.