Working on a Good Tumbling Routine.....

Yesterday we went to the German hospital in Homburg for a pre-visit with Wendi’s Radiation doctor.  All the chemo has been at the Army hospital here, but the one treatment not on base is radiation.  We were impressed with the hospital – much nicer than the one in Kaiserslautern.  Everyone was nice and they all speak “a little” English (which translates to “very good” English).

They want to do another CT before we start, so that’s fine with us.  That is scheduled for 4 November.  Of course, they want ALL the data from our sordid cancer history, so that means all of the CD’s with scans and the text from pathology and such.  Then we would start the treatments on the 12^th of November.  Treatments are 25 sessions total, everyday except for weekends, so 5 weeks long.  That puts her last session on the 17^th of December, the day that Kayli gets home.  Hopefully, we’ll be able to stay on schedule.

I said above that they speak very good English and it is true.  However, there are a few instances of phrases or points lost in translation.  One of the docs was explaining that Wendi could exercise at a level that feels comfortable and didn’t irritate the radiated area.  The activity he suggested was gymnastics.  We’re not sure if he meant something like ‘calisthenics,’ but we have great mental images of Wendi on the parallel bars and nailing that exit off the pommel horse!

We’ll find out for sure, but each session only lasts a total of about a half hour.  Most of the time is spent on set up.  The actual blasting of radiation takes about 7 minutes. 

So today, Wendi has another chemo session and is not looking forward to it.  She’s on the home stretch, but can’t wait for this to be over.  Last one is one week from today!

On the long weekend we snuck over to Normandy and had a great, short visit seeing the D-Day landing sites.  It was a GREAT thing for us to see (boys loved it and will remember that forever) and pay respects to those brave soldiers who sacrificed for us.  This is the 70^th anniversary year.

The boys have had a very good soccer season that unfortunately ends this Saturday.  We had a fun game up at Spangdahlem - our first base 23 years ago - where the soccer field is right next to the flightline, so I’ll include a pic of that too.

Thanks everyone!!

Marküs