Following Lizzy and her battle with Wilms Tumor (Nephroblastoma)
Well, that wasn’t how I envisioned the day unfolding.
This morning Lori and Lizzy took Treas to kindergarten, then they swung by our local hospital so Lizzy could get her regularly scheduled labs drawn. In the meantime, I was playing catch up for work after traveling back and forth to Cincy every day last week. Unfortunately, the catch up work didn’t last long.
I am pleased to report that after 8 consecutive sessions, spanning 10 days, our Superhero is FINISHED with her Radiation Treatments!!! She had 3 treatments while she was an inpatient 2 weeks ago, then had 5 consecutive treatments on an outpatient basis M-F last week. As always, she handled it like a boss!
(Lizzy and Mommy with Lizzy’s End of Radiation Certificate)
Lizzy came home from the hospital Saturday evening. It was a busy 4 days because not only did she receive chemo each day, she also received radiation on Wed, Thurs and Fri. In fact, on Wednesday, the radiation was the first thing that happened, so we drove to the radiation center, which is about 2 blocks away from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Today is the first of 8 radiation treatments. The treatment requires Lizzy to lay on a table with her arms over her head and be completely still. For those of you who have met Lizzy, you know what a big Ask that is of her!! But she’s such a smart little girl so we are confident she will do it.