The Daily Hailey

Brady has completed one out of five weeks of radiation! I thought it would be good to let everyone know how its been going 🙂 

We’ve gotten into a bit of a groove. It only takes about a half hour to drive there. We park in the same spot each time, and then I get Brady’s chair out of the back of the van, and he heads into the cancer centre. The whole process is very quick. Originally I imagined I’d accomplish things while I waited for him, but today it was less than 20 minutes before he texted that he was on his way back. Sometimes I scroll my phone. Sometimes I phone Cher. Its pretty relaxed. And then when Brady comes back, I spot him while he gets into the van, and load his chair back up. Thats it, thats all! 

When Brady goes into the centre, he checks in with the front desk, and they confirm his schedule for the next day. He gets his time slots for the week on Monday, but he has to bring the schedule in every single day because it can change anytime. Then he goes back to his particular location, takes off his shirt, lays on something like an exam table, and he’s lifted up in the air so the lasers can move around him and get him in juuuuust the right place. Then he’s blasted in three places by radiation, taking a total of 2-3 minutes. And then he’s good to go! Thats all it is! 

The most important part of this post is how Brady’s been feeling. The answer is that he’s definitely feeling it. His first treatment was Monday afternoon, and he was nauseated by morning :/ He’s been fighting for betterment since then, and yesterday, was finally was given a good prescription for the best nausea medicine on the market, in my opinion! Hopefully that really helps. He’s also been completely exhausted, as so many people said he would be. Last night, we were both asleep right around 9:30pm. His legs have been feeling weak and fatigued as well – more than usual. But he’s coping and doing his best, and we’re trying to give him all the grace possible. 

I wish week one had gone a little bit smoother, and that the radiation hadn’t affected him as much as it had. He had SO much energy just a few days before he came home, and I know he would’ve vastly preferred to come home with that level of energy. But we know this is for a time 💜 And its going to be just fine. We can do some tired weeks. God knows what we need.