Madison and her mom returned home about 1:30 AM this morning, an extremely long day for both of them. From Simi Valley to Santa Monica, to Westwood, to LA, then back to Simi. Madi will have radiation at UCLA-Westwood again today ideally with infinitely less windshield time... a happy thing. This past Tuesday and Wednesday were both long days that included a lot of windshield time during rush hour traffic. While Madi's travel time has been baked in between appointments, it's still amazing how many people sit in traffic for hours every day going to/from work.
So faith and hope remains strong, but reality is what's prompted experts to recommend radiation... nuke the tumors in a quest to reduce their size and bring the pain levels down. While the pain meds remain effective, ideally less pain will mean less meds. August sucked, no sugar coating that. She spent 11 days in the hospital and the tumors have increased in size quite a bit. Whether it's pseudo-progression (agitated tumors just swelling up due to treatments) or actual disease progression is unknown.... we circle back to faith and hope.
So faith and hope remains strong, but reality is what's prompted experts to recommend radiation... nuke the tumors in a quest to reduce their size and bring the pain levels down. While the pain meds remain effective, ideally less pain will mean less meds. August sucked, no sugar coating that. She spent 11 days in the hospital and the tumors have increased in size quite a bit. Whether it's pseudo-progression (agitated tumors just swelling up due to treatments) or actual disease progression is unknown.... we circle back to faith and hope.
