Mom was back to her room at St. Lukes last night. She didn't get to eat anything after breakfast, so she was pretty hungry. She went over to Faxton Hospital in the afternoon for a radiation consultation and treatment. They discussed doing the targeted seed radiation, but the decision was ultimately made to use external radiation. They described it as something similar to the machine that takes the X-Ray at the dentist's office. It's a very targeted tool. She's going to be getting radiation treatments every day in this fashion, but she's not yet certain how long this will continue.
She also had the port installed that will be used for the chemotherapy regimen. She will likely be in the hospital until their at least finished with the radiation and to see how she reacts to the overall treatment plan. If all goes well, she'll be able to go home in between chemo treatments to rest and recuperate.
The staff at the hospital told her that they can't believe how healthy she looks, so we're considering that to be a positive. The radation and chemo will be challenging for her body to take, so it's good that she's in good health otherwise.
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