Nobody Does it Better

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Pictures: Dave sleeping after the halo got put on; Lee and Dave waiting for procedure time; Dave after the halo came off; Lee and Dave; Dr Lai, Dave and Wayne...ready to go home.

What an early day. Up at 6 am and barely made it to the radiation oncology office by 7:25 ( a little late). They were still waiting on the radiation oncologist and neurosurgeon, so we were okay. They let Julie and I stay in the room while the applied the halo. It hurt! But Dave was a trouper. The funniest thing was when the neurosurgeon said "what do you do, he has a big head". I'm thinking.....maybe plan B. Then we went up to the infusion clinic. Dave got IV fluids and slept most of the day. Tim and Joni came over a little before noon and brought lunch from Panera Bread. Dave didn't eat much. The hardest thing seemed to be that the halo was right in his vision line. We had some check up visits and cookies from Sue while we waited. About 3:45 they came to get Dave and he went in about 4. It took close to an hour. They were only able to radiate 2 of the lesions since the halo was blocking one. The MD said we'll get an MRI in 4 to 6 weeks and see where everything is at. They held ice and pressure to the halo sites for almost an hour and bandaged him up. Home about 6 pm. He says his head hurts where the screws went in. We're glad he's done and it went well.

Thanks to Julie, Tim, Joni and Sue for keeping us company and checking in. We're all good.

peace, love, groove.