We arrived in Jacksonville safely yesterday afternoon. It is so nice to all be together as a family. Our original plan was for Tucker and I to come down however after learning Tucker's tumor is indeed returning rapidly we are leaving our finances up to God and are staying together as a family. We are staying at the Ronald McDonald House. We do not have TV ha! :) BUT they have a nice play area for Tucker and a play set outside. They also have 2 fish tanks and a children's library. We are hoping Tucker will make some friends to play with.
Saturday was an AMAZING day. The "Taking Time for Tucker" benefit was a huge success and a lot of fun. It moved us to tears to see the community come together to support our family. We appreciate everyone who came out, donated and worked so hard to make the event happen. It is such a peaceful feeling to know we can concentrate fully on Tucker's healing due to the generosity of others. We will be forever grateful. Our family is blessed beyond measure to have so many people who truly care about what we are going through. We do not take it for granted.
Today was Tucker's first day of radiation treatment. Before his treatment we discussed the radiologist's plan. We looked at images and he explained what the next 6 weeks would entail. Basically, they are being as aggressive as they feel his spinal cord can handle. Even though paralysis is still a big concern it is inevitable without treatment. We are praying that his spinal cord will be able to handle the treatments without permanent damage. For most of his treatment it will be a wides spread area of the tumor site and area around it hoping to kill all microscopic cancer cells. For the last 2 days they will be putting all of the radiation in the specific area of the tumor "giving it 2 extra punches." His radiologist feels we have a great plan in place to give him the best chance especially since we are combining it with chemo. We have his first oncology appointment on Thursday afternoon. Tucker did well with his treatment today and we are back at "home" playing. He only whimpered while he got accessed from being scared but the needle itself did not hurt because they numbed him with cream really good first. He did really good. He played with the proton center's Ipad while they wheeled him back and before he knew it he was fast asleep. We will do this everyday so I'm sure after a few days it becomes routine and will get easier in time.
Thank you for your continued prayers! We met a family today at the Proton Center from the UK. Florida seems far away from home but we are so grateful that we are not having to travel to another country. So thankful for our many blessings.
"Let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus the source and perfecter of our faith." Hebrews 12: 1-2
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