Separating yourself from your baby during Chemotherapy It was very difficult but, you know, my husband understood. I can’t say whether or not, you know, our daughter who was, you know, 18 months, 2 years old at the time, truly understood and it wasn’t a 24 hour type of thing. Basically, some nights I couldn’t sleep with my husband if he was having a cold, or if my daughter had a cold I would keep a distance from them. It was emotional but, I had to take the emotions out of it in order to protect my health and they totally understood that.