Jude is a smart kid so I figured I could give him a little information and figure out what he thought about whether we should pursue radiation treatment. It’s his brain, after all, that would be radiated. I didn’t tell him about the side effects of radiation or the risk of spreading if this tumor is not gone. I just said that the neurosurgeon thinks he got out the whole head owie, but that if he left any behind we could go to the “zap doctor†(yes, I made up this more fun name for the radiation oncologist) in Indiana and the zap doctor could zap the owie to make it go away for good. Jude said something like, “Silly Mommy, no one knows but God whether my head owie is all gone. There could be some hiding on the top of my brain or on the bottom of my brain. We should go to the zap doctor.†He then kept touching his finger to his head and saying “zap†while laughing hysterically. He thinks a zap to the head would tickle. Glad he is so smart, cute and innocent. But, I do hope he’s wrong that some is hiding and I hope the neurosurgeon really got it all this time since I don’t want to go to the zap doctor.