Radiation Day 1

Kate's first day of radiation therapy (RT) was long, tedious and draining. She was face down, with her head held in place by the mask that was bolted to the table for about an hour. The first day involved taking extensive films and doing the RT. The time seemed to crawl as I sat waiting in the waiting room. I can only imagine how time must have seemed to stand still for Kate as she laid in that uncomfortable position for so long. She came out looking very weary and admitted she came close to tears on the table, thinking she wished she didn't have to go through this again. She asked if we could please do something fun on the way home:) A little bit of shopping and some lunch helped ease the weariness and restore her spirit. By afternoon Kate was her positive, determined self again. We are thankful and rejoicing that day 1 held none of the trying side effects!! Thank you for praying us through this day. It was so obvious that we were carried by your prayers and grace through a very challenging morning. Kate is schedule for her RT Monday - Friday at 10:00 am. Treatments (without the addition of films) should be about 15 minutes. We are grateful for your continued prayer coverage for Kate over the next three weeks of treatment. Please ask that the side effects of dropped counts, nausea and the many other potential serious and long term side effects that go with RT will be minimal and that the results will be great and Kate's health will be restored and this cancer will be defeated once and for all!

Moment by moment in His grace,

Elaine