Testimonies and Treatment

Wednesday, October 16:  Nanette has been doing very well the last few days.  She was able to  attend all three hours of church on Sunday and enjoyed being there with her friends and hearing the testimonies given.  She also bore her testimony and expressed her gratitude for all the love and support she has received from the Ward members and neighbors and friends.  She expressed her faith and hope for the future.  She remains positive and upbeat.  Her father arrived from California on Monday and will be here for many weeks to help and support her.  She still gets many visits from friends and family and she enjoys that very much .  Today (Wednesday, October 16) her dad and I took her to the Huntsman Center at Day Break for a "dry run" of her radiation treatment.  The doctors and technicians want to be sure everything is correctly in place before starting the real radiation treatment tomorrow.    She had a mesh mask made last week at the Huntsman Center.  They put the mask over her face and it is secured to the table so there is minimal movement of her head.  The mask has the eyes, nose and mouth cut out of it so it is not too restrictive.  The actual process takes about 30 minutes, 15 of those minutes involve the actual radiation. She is taking the chemo pills simultaneously with the radiation.   It went well today and she thinks she can do this - even for  30 more days.  Sergio will take her to the first two treatments Thursday and Friday and then she has two days of rest from the radiation, although she continues every day with the chemo pills.  She has been fully informed of side effects that may occur and she is determined to start fighting the tumor in every way possible. As planned, we followed the "necessary" business with something pleasant and went to breakfast at Village Inn and it was "free pie" day.    We hit it right today!