Birthday Visitors

The last couple of weeks have been good, at least as weeks go for us. Kristine started another 5 day Cyberknife radiation cycle last week to shrink another tumor in a lymph node on her neck. This one is much smaller than the one on her shoulder, but was causing discomfort nonetheless. The treatment seems to have already relieve some of the pain.

She's also started another type of radiation to tackle a small subcutaneous tumor on the back of her head. There are about eight tumors that have formed just under the skin on her head. Most of them are very small, but one has reached the size of a garlic clove and causes pain when she sleeps due to its location. This new treatment emits radiation to only a very targeted area limiting its impact on healthy cells. Kristine will only receive this treatment for 5 days.

Last Friday was Kristine's birthday and the two year anniversary of her heart surgery. Her three sisters came into visit and celebrate over the weekend. Things stayed pretty relaxed, but we did manage to get out to dinner each night they were here. Kristine's cousin Cris is also in town at the end of this week. So, as always, we have the visitors rolling into Philly.