A Meeting with the Radiologist

Today JR met with his radiologist, Dr. Susan Wolden, who is young and very nice. She explained what she would be doing to JR and had him fitted for this crazy mask that he'll be wearing for his treatments. She referred to it as his spiderman mask which is pretty accurate. This keeps his head positioned during his radiation treatments. He'll be starting next Wed (Sept 5th) and goes for 33 treatments, so 5 days/week for as long as it takes to get 33 treatments (sometimes no holiday, etc.). He'll also be getting his chemothrapy at the same time. Dr. Wolden spelled out some of the potential side effects but it doesn't seem likely that JR will really feel anything but a little tired and possibly not even that. He'll probably go to school for the first few days to see who's in his class and get to know Ms. Brown-Holub. We'll see if the teacher/principal agrees! Will let you know what happens next.