half way done

Kecia starts her radiation almost 4 weeks ago and while she did start out strong...the side effects are really catching up with her. She does little more that go to treatment, sleep and work from her bed. She is nauseated most of the time but it is mild compared to how it was "back then". Something you might not know about radiation is that it actually burns the skin at the points of entry, so she has blistered and peeling skin that gets worse (and more painful) every day. She reports that the smell of burned skin bothers her even more than the pain. It was the same when they radiated her spine, but this is so much closer to her face that she is very much aware of it. The good news is that she is half way done.
She has scans done on Friday to determine exactly where they are in the treatment process. If they haven't made as much progress as the doctor wants to see then it could mean extending the treatment for a few more days or weeks. BUT..if they are farther along in the process than they had expected then she may get to knock a few days off of her radiation schedule. We are going to deligently pray that the latter is the case. On another positive note, Kecia has been in communication with her bosses at work and has started working out some of the details of her return to the office. She is so excited about returning to some of her "normal" life and may even get to do some additional training that would allow her to add another dimention to her responsibilities at Horizon. Have I mentioned how thankful we are that God brought Kecia to this company? I don't know if I ever told you all this, but Kecia was trying to get started with another company that she really wanted to work out. It just didn't take off for her in the time frame that she needed so she applied at Horizon. She was disappointed that her "perfect job" hadn't worked out for her, but was thankful that she was hired by Horizon. We had NO IDEA how thankful we would be in just a matter of months when she was given her diagnosis. Just another example of how sometimes what we think is best for us really isn't. And how sometimes God (our loving parent) has to deny us what we want in order to do what is best for us (just like we do for our children) Thank you to everyone at Horizon who supports Kecia in her fight for life on a professional and personal level...and to all who continue to pray for Kecia on a daily basis.
Will update again next week with the results of her scans.