Since admission day on January 19th, 2014, Mama Pham has had radiation treatments twice a day. Usually around 8am, then back again at 2pm. She hated all 10 of those Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy appointments. Her last radiation visit was Friday afternoon. On Saturday, they gave her a dose of Etoposide, an anticancer drug with rough side effects. But today is rest day! It falls on a Sunday, on the 7th day of treatment.Her appetite quickly diminishing, partly due to the side effects and partly due to the fact that she doesn't like the hospital food. City of Hope has a fairly decent hospital menu, but since the food isn't typically Vietnamese, my mom has a hard time eating it. Outside food is not allowed unless the patient eats it within one hour of preparation. I have spoken to her doctors and dietician and at one point if she continues eating very little, she may have to put on IV food.Upcoming important dates:January 28th: Mama Pham's Birthday!January 29th: My uncle's stem cells get harvestedJanuary 30th: Transplant Day