The end of a long week

Kera was such a trooper through this whole week of radiation. We went every day this week starting Tuesday.  This was the only day off she had. She would ask me the night before, do we have to go to Salt Lake for treatments AGAIN tomorrow??  My reply always being, yes.  I told her that even though it was hard, this was going to help her and make her better.  And it has helped.  Each day she has improved little by little, and as long as she gets some rest or quiet time in the day, she has been able to come up and spend time with the family for most of the day.  I love seeing any improvement in her.  And there have been many blessings so far.  I know the Lord hears and answers my prayers, and also the prayers of all of you and everyone who loves and cares about our family.
The side effects of the steroids are still taking a toll on her of course,some sleeplessness and especially the constant hunger.  She stuffs herself with food, but even though she is full, she wants to keep eating.  She joked at dinner today that she feels like a fat hippo.  Her stomach just keeps expanding. I know it's hard to have this insatiable appetite, but the doctor did tell me that once the steroids are tapered off, she may lose the hunger during the radiation, and that some kids even need a feeding tube to get them to eat during this process.  I sure hope that doesn't happen!  I guess I would rather see the constant hunger than no hunger at all.
We have treatments tomorrow and Tuesday, then we are off to our family reunion on Wednesday.  I am praying that she will be able to have the energy and the strength to enjoy the time together with our family.  :)