Rhys has his first session of radiotherapy yesterday morning and we go to see Dr Cameron about the results of the kidney scan.
We arrived at Sam's House Sunday evening and unpacked. As soon as he could Rhys disappeared to the teenager's room to play pool. He's certainly making himself at home there. We saw him on and off during the remainder of the night as he went exploring the place.
There are a lot of other family's staying at Sam's and we met a few of them in the kitchen/dining area on our floor. We only saw one child, which is different to last time we stayed there. There doesn't appear to be any other teenagers staying at Sam's so it looks like Rhys might have the teenager's room to himself.
Dr Cameron came to see us just before Rhys' had his radiotherapy and told us that the scan had shown that both Rhys' kidney's were working fine, one was functioning at 40 something percent and the other at 50 something. Although they can't guarantee the effect of the radiotherapy on the kidneys they will be using a lower dose and aiming to avoid one of the kidneys as much as possible.
The rest of the day the morning was spent wandering around Ikea and doing a food shop so that Rhys and Tracey have something to eat.
Tracey and Rhys went into Cabots Circus in the afternoon after I left to make my way home. Almost as soon as I'd left Rhys started to complain about a pain in his side and so Tracey and him ended up at Oncology Daybeds so that he could be checked over. A couple of samples to check for signs of infection and he was sent back to Sam's with some painkillers which has eased the pain by the time I spoke with them about 7.
Day 2 of radiotherapy today and hopefully Rhys will pop into Area 61, the teenage cancer unit, this afternoon and join in with their discussion group so that he has something to do otherwise this could be a long 6 weeks for him.
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