Days 5 and 6

Greetings,


Well, Randy just finished up his 6th radiation treatment today along with a consultation at the physical therapy center. Things are moving right along. We met with his radiation oncologist today and she is pleased that things are going well. All of us are praying that he continues to respond well to his treatments. We are monitoring his headaches and "balance" issues. He's only had 2 headaches at this point and occasional dizzy spells or off balanced episodes (typically when he closes his eyes). The doctor told us that the dizziness could increase as we progress through radiation due to the location of the treatment...cerebellum/brain stem...the equilibrium portion of the brain. As far as headaches...just praying that they don't increase or become uncontrollable with Tylenol. If they do increase it would indicate brain swelling and Randy would have to go back on steroids...not what we want.

His physical therapy will start up again either tomorrow or Friday at 3x/week for 4 weeks. We are pros at handling waiting rooms these days :-)

Anyway, all is good. God has blessed us beyond measure and we continue to Praise Him. We are spending quite a bit of time writing out questions for our appointment in May with Randy's neurosurgeon to go over more of what the future will/should/could hold. Our prayers continue to focus on complete healing and restoration without any recurrence.

Thank you again for everything. Every kind word, prayer, meal, gas card, note, email, household and childcare help has made this whole process much easier to walk through.

Love,
Randy, Rachel and Joshua