Tilted

This post is #68 in a year-long series ... Through this series of posts I plan to share our family's experiences during our 17-year-old daughter's year-long battle with brain cancer, which began in February of 2008. My desire is to process through the events of that year from the perspective that a decade of time has brought ... for myself, really. But if you'd like to follow along, you're welcome to join me.

April 22, 2008

We were into the final stretch of these radiation treatments at this point, and Hannah was really working hard to hang in there with her schoolwork.  It was so important to her to take this end-of-course geometry exam!  She told me when she got home that day that she felt like the floor and her desk were tilted, and she had to hold on tight to keep from sliding out of her chair the whole time she was taking this test.  It wasn't a complaint on her part ... just an observation.  Apparently that was a pretty common feeling for her at that time.  It was so hard to imagine how these treatments were affecting her brain ... but her attitude remained positive and she never complained.

Here's the email I sent that evening ...

“You hear, O Lord, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry.”—Psalm 10:17.

Just a quick update this evening…After a bit of a rocky start this morning, Hannah was able to go to school and take the first half of her end-of-course geometry exam. She felt good most of the day, and really believes she did well on the test. She will take the second half tomorrow. After receiving her radiation treatment this afternoon, she only has three more to go! Thank you so much for your prayers and encouragement…It means more to all of us than we can ever say!

Jill