Smaller IS better!!!

Thursday we went to our appointment as normal and everything was going as planned.  While heading over to radiology Jason asked Dr Gerson to give him some good news and tell him the tumor is smaller!  She looks side to side all sneaky like and says "ok...open up!"  Her face was of surprise and she said "I need a light!!"  That was when they came and grabbed him to get set up for his treatment.  Dr Gerson came out from the room smiling from ear to ear and said...."I really do think it looks smaller!!!"  I about fell over!  Jason was worried that she said it just to make him feel better....I assured him that is not her job...honesty is!  That car ride home was horrible!  The medicine they give him to protect his saliva glands make his saliva very thick and taste horrible.  He has to lay in radiation for 20 minutes swallowing it and feeling bad.....so that should explain what our car ride was like.

Today we had the kids go with us to see where dad goes to make him better.  We had an appointment with Dr Chua  so the kids were happy to meet a doctor.  Dr Chua came in and said the same thing....the tumor is shrinking!!  She said his neck looks great too!  When he came in the first time she said his one side of his next was visibly larger than the other.  Today his neck was even on both sides!  She looked at his tongue and said and I quote "OH YES, that is definitely smaller!!"  I don't think I will ever get tired of hearing those words!!

The kids sat in the hall while Jason got his pre-radiation meds and I went back and forth.  They really did do a great job!  I thought there would be a ton of fighting...the little fighting we had was quiet.  They got a tour of the radiation room and they showed them the back of the machine.  Lots of nuts and bolts etc!  Needless to say when Austin saw it his eyes were as big as saucers and all he said was "WOW".  The ride home was a rough one one again.....but I keep trying to remind him, the weeks of crap now will make the rest of his life better!

Thanks to everyone who has signed up to bring us a meal!  It has meant the world to us to have a little down time after treatment and not worry about cooking!  The meals have been amazing!