Philadelphia

Hannah continues to amaze all of us! We arrived safely on Sunday night, and settled into our hotel. The next morning (seemingly unaffected by jet-lag), Hannah insisted we go to a pancake restaurant for breakfast. We all ate to our hearts content on the mammoth sized portions of food!

Philadelphia has really opened its arms and welcomed us. We have been invited to several of the finest restaurants in the city, of which one was a sushi restaurant which went down particularly well. After much planning, we had our first appointment with Dr. Maris today. We discussed all that Hannah has been through since her diagnosis last June and he tells us about the immunotherapy treatments that Hannah will be having.

Unexpectedly, he said that he wants Hannah to undergo 12 radiation treatments before she can begin the immunotherapy. We also had an appointment later in the day with radiation oncologist Ramji Rajendran. He explained many details to us and tomorrow Hannah will have a 'simulation' for the radiation. The radiation will most likely start at the beginning of March.

Here are some more pictures in Philadelphia!

Hannah in IHOP

Hannah and her grandmother, Carol, in the very modern sushi restaurant Pod..!