The big countdown begins. 10 left. Today’s treatment went just fine. However, when they called me back to the recovery room, I noticed that indentations from Jude’s plasticy mask (that fits tightly over his entire face/head during the treatment) were prominent all over his face (looking like a honeycomb pattern). They said the anesthesiologist had also noticed that. They believe it means that Jude is growing and will need to have his mask stretched. They said that if the mask produces another honeycomb pattern all over his face tomorrow, they will stretch the mask so that Jude will not have any skin damage on his face from the tight mask. Jude’s bald spot is now looking like a yarmulke (skull cap) that is sitting on his head crooked to the left. Jude’s bald spot is also looking more tan that normal. Some of the kids around here have skin that looks super sunburned from the radiation.   I’m hoping he can avoid the skin burn because the kids say that it hurts. I keep smothering on the lotion and hope that helps prevent skin damage.