The doctor at UCLA agreed that radiation is the direction to go. Once that was decided things moved quickly. On Wednesday afternoon all the prep work was done for radiation, CT mapping, a mask made and some other things. The tech was great about explaining everything and it was interesting to see how they do this. A lot of things have changed since Jared did radiation. We thought it would begin on Thursday, but the doctor wanted it to being on Wednesday. So the techs stayed late and they did his first treatment at 6:30 in the evening!
The decision was made on Wednesday to move him to the rehab floor at the hospital. He will be getting five to six hours a day of speech, occupational and physical therapy. My concern had been that he was not as steady as he had been and I didn't want him falling. The insurance has the final say on how long he gets to stay, so we are praying that he gets the time he needs. The rehab doctor said the average stay is about a week. The nurses call the rehab unit "boot camp"!
Love you guys!
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