Kira started her radiation treatment yesterday; these daily
treatments will take her right up to Christmas.
She will rely on quarterly scans for a few years to ensure the Cancer
remains gone, so we won’t have an “all clear” test at the end of her treatment. The main short-term side effect of radiation
is fatigue, so Kira won’t be 100% for a while, but she is so much better than
this past summer.
Her tumor is wrapped around the top and side of her heart
and the top of her left lung. It did
shrink 50% during the chemo treatments, but not enough to forego radiation. The radiation appointments will be about an
hour with the majority of time dedicated to set-up. Kira wears a mesh mask that was molded to her
face and is attached to the bed. Along
with a formed back/side bracing, this keeps the body positioned for the
specific radiation treatment. She also
received her very first tattoos (4) to serve as reference points. The doctors, nurses, and technicians are nice
and very thorough.
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