Another day, another treatment. Jude’s radiation oncologist here at IU says that it “doesn’t go any better than this” for his patients. He is full of hope that Jude will be cured from cancer after this treatment. I sure hope this treatment is Jude’s cure and that 5/10/20 years down the line it doesn’t come back and that Jude doesn’t get some other stupid brain cancer as a result of 2 x-rays a day for set-up and all the proton radiation. This is the best treatment available today, but it’s not perfect. Jude has now lost 1/4 of the hair on his head. The large bald spot is now looking like a chubby heart. It’s somewhat troubling to see him without hair because it now looks like something might be wrong with him. Still, his energy level hasn’t changed, which is great, since fatigue is a common side effect of radiation treatment. Maybe if it did impact him, it would make him more normal energy, rather than high energy like he is.