New Plan

If there’s one pervasive truth experienced in the hospital, it’s that nothing ever happens in the timeframe you expect it to. I know this and thought it even as I typed the final line in my last post. As you may have guessed, going home this week doesn’t look probable.

Judy’s final treatment of her initial radiation ‘plan’ was actually last Friday, not Monday as we had initially been told. The tumor has been responding well to the treatment – ie, it’s shrinking. Since Judy seems strong enough to continue, the doctors have decided to give her 3-8 (probably 5) more treatments of very focused radiation. They will ‘map’ this plan tomorrow, Wednesday February 18th. Treatments will begin Thursday or Friday. In the mean time, Judy is working on getting strong enough to come home. If this happens soon enough, she can finish the new treatment plan on an outpatient basis. If not, we'll be here until she finishes her new treatment plan which will be late next week or early the week after.