2 Days of radiation left

Beth's last round of radiation is on Friday.  The kids and I drove out to Chicago to get her through these last two days and to drive her home.  The kids had not seen Beth for 3 weeks and they were excited to be back with their mom.   

Over the last 3 weeks Beth has had 20 minutes of radiation every day.  That leaves a lot of down time and one of the many great things about her doing her radiation treatments in Chicago at CTCA is that during her down time she can squeeze in other treatments and appointments like Vitamin C infusions, physical therapy, massage therapy, meeting with nutritionist, etc...

Today, Beth went to physical therapy where they worked on her hand and arm.  She has lost almost all function of her left hand and arm due to nerve damage caused by the cancer.  Today's treatment was an hour worth of electrotherapy to improve strength and overall use of her hand and arm.  Basically they electrocuted her for an hour.

Beth also received a 4-Hour potassium infusion because her potassium levels were very low.    She was also supposed to get a port placed in her chest so that they could use the port to administer her Chemo but her blood test this morning showed her white blood cell counts were still way too low for her to undergo a surgery.  So they will have to stick (no pun intended) to a PICC line to administer the Chemo.

So, what's next? After Friday's final radiation treatment she goes home, but not for long.  We'll come right back out next Thursday for her 2nd round of Chemotherapy on Friday.  She will come back every three weeks for Chemotherapy.  During her Chemo treatments she will also get tested to make sure everything looks good and her that tumor markers are not elevated.

We just take one day at a time.

We are looking to all be home together once again.