(last chemo: visit from NFL player Kendall Simmons and former NBA player Chris Dudley)
Hope has finished her chemo treatment and has started radiation. Her last round of chemo did not shrink the tumor at all, so it was important to get started on radiation treatments right away.
Because of the location of the tumor, there are many risks involved in doing the radiation treatment. Risks being: loss of vision, loss of memory, loss of hearing, stop of growth to the spinal chord, etc. Because the location of the radiation treatment is so delicate, the team of Doctor's in Oregon decided to send Hope to the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. MD Anderson is a well know cancer center which people travel to from all over the world in order to receive treatment. They have better equipment there to treat Hope which will help cut risk. The original plan was for them to be there for seven weeks, but it has turned into a longer trip. Expectations now are that they will be home in mid February. They arrived in Texas the second week of December.
Because of the location of the tumor, there are many risks involved in doing the radiation treatment. Risks being: loss of vision, loss of memory, loss of hearing, stop of growth to the spinal chord, etc. Because the location of the radiation treatment is so delicate, the team of Doctor's in Oregon decided to send Hope to the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. MD Anderson is a well know cancer center which people travel to from all over the world in order to receive treatment. They have better equipment there to treat Hope which will help cut risk. The original plan was for them to be there for seven weeks, but it has turned into a longer trip. Expectations now are that they will be home in mid February. They arrived in Texas the second week of December.
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