Radiation Process
Here are a couple pictures of Andrea getting set up for one of her radiation sessions. She lies on the table, they raise it and then put her mask on and snap it down to the table. The machine rotates around her taking two x rays to line up and then begins delivering the 5 beams of radiation. The mask is very tight and leaves waffle marks on her forehead, chin and nose for up to 30 minutes after. So far she has had 4 treatments and will have 26 more. She will not show short term symptoms for at least 5 more treatments, we are hoping for none. We are keeping her busy, so she has things to keep her mind occupied. Health and Science homework of course, saxophone lessons, a little shopping, pottery class next week and an art fair event the week after – and to keep her mind off missing fair with her 4-H club and open horse shows. She looks most forward to emails and phone calls from friends and family – please keep them coming.