July 16, 2025

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Today was a full day.  Intense. 

We left at 8 to hang out in traffic to get to sick kids.  Several times on the way there Marlon commented that he was not liking it.  He is a country boy and there is so much traffic, a concrete jungle and then up to the eighth floor.  I knew it would be a lot.  New people, new environment, all foreign.  Luckily those from the team that we met were wonderful, supportive, sense of humour, patient, and yes sharing intense information.

I hear all that can go wrong and I worry for his suffering.  He thinks I worry too much about the side effects whereas I am not sure he is accepting how intense it really is.

To have them talking, telling us of the likelihood of him feeling bad with the radiation, the chemo, and then the drugs to take away immunity and removing his body's ability to make its own blood.

Alternating between overwhelming emotion and then just accepting it as the path that is ahead.  There is every reason to believe he will come out the other side and be fine but will there be snags to his health in the long term?

We were there for a while, had time for a quick lunch, then across the street to Princess Margaret where he was “fitted” for radiation.  They slide the bed he is on into the machine to get his unique body measurements.  Then he had a mask made for the cranial radiation.  Again, friendly people that help you feel at ease.  But still, waves of emotion for the reality of the situation.

A long drive home, sitting in traffic.  Thank goodness his primary hospital was not sick kids.  The drive to each hospital is so very different. 

My sisters Pamela and Moira spent the day helping Olivia with her property.  Weeding to slow down the overrun of invasive plants.  They stopped by for a swim then we went to Olivia's place for dinner.

Long day…


Body imaging and face mask 

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