hair loss

Well yesterday Rion started experiencing one of the more noticeable side effects of radiation- his hair started falling out. We have known this would more than likely happen from the beginning, that's why he went last Friday and had his hair cut really, really short. But still, to pull out finger fulls of hair is really hard to deal with, harder than we expected. Rion was really bummed out last night and had a hard time sleeping because he was so upset. We used some tape this morning to even it out a little bit so it wasn't so patchy and instead he has 1 prominent spot and then it's just really thin in the other areas. Here's a picture as of this morning

We know it's probably going to get worse. The hair inside of his incision and directly behind it in the back is barely hanging on and comes out with the slightest amount of pressure. I'm glad that today is Friday and Rion gets 2 days off of radiation over the weekend.

Please just keep us in your prayers- Rion to find peace and acceptance and me to know what to do/say to make him feel better. We know he could be suffering from far more extreme side effects that could zap his energy and leave him sick all the time. But the hair loss is a constant reminder that this is real no matter how hard we try to ignore it.

Blessings,

Emily