We have been so thankful for the amazing doctors and staff at Highland's Oncology and feel blessed to have a state of the art facility just a few minutes from our house! Check out Allen's view each morning:
Once he gets to the center, Allen has to put on a robe and lay on a special body form to put him in just the right position. The technicians line up the marks on Allen's chest (Braedyn call's Daddy's marks the "treasure map" because there are a lot of black lines and red "x's") and then x-ray him to make sure he laying perfectly. Then, Allen receives his radiation dosage to the specified areas. The whole process takes about 15 minutes or so. After treatment, Allen is off to the office and his normal daily routines. So far, he hasn't had any side effects, and he has been able to run and bike like before diagnosis. The treatments do compromise his immune system, but it isn't nearly to the extent that chemo affected him.
In a couple of weeks Allen will be finished with his treatments and will start the follow up process of seeing The Ninja every three months (Allen's first appointment is July 3rd) with scans every other appointment. The risk of reoccurrence goes down after two years of clean scans, and Allen will be considered "cured" after five years of clean scans. We can't wait to get the official "cured" stamp, but in the meantime we will just enjoy having Daddy healthy!
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