Peach Fuzz

We survived the first week of school. All of the boys did really well, and we didn't have any adjustment issues with any of them this year. It was actually a very short week since Labor Day was Monday, Tuesday was half a day, and school was cancelled on Friday. It turns out that a water main burst in James City County on Wednesday. (The problem was attributed to Ernesto.) The general public was notified Thursday afternoon, and at that time, a boiled water advisory was put into effect for the entire county. The schools were closed on Friday as a precaution. By Saturday afternoon, the boiled water advisory was lifted, and things were back to normal. It is kind of funny that they were trying to protect us from something to which we had already been exposed for 24 hours, but it appears that there were no problems as a result of the main break.

Bo Update:

Bo went to the urologist today, and Dr. V ruled out testicular cancer, so that is a very good thing. He confirmed that Bo has some type of hormonal imbalance and that the imbalance is probably causing the lump in his breast. Dr. V ordered an additional blood test, and he is trying to determine if Bo needs to see another specialist - this time, a neurologist. At least we know it is nothing serious, and luckily it isn't causing Bo any real pain or discomfort. Nonetheless, I know Bo will be relieved when/if they figure it out.

Lance Update:

We have been keeping an eye on Lance's lymph nodes, and they definitely seem to be diminishing in size. We are going to wait another week or so before deciding whether or not to bring him back to the doctor, but at this point, I really believe that he is fine.

MB Update:

I was brushing my teeth a couple of nights ago when I happened to notice something growing on my head. It looks and feels just like peach fuzz, but it is beginning of the end of my hairless period. Bo wants to use his clippers to cut the few remaining longer strands closer to the scalp so everything will be the same length. He doesn't understand why I left those few strands after everything else fell out. I explained to him that they were the survivors, and if they could withstand some of the most toxic chemicals available for medical treatment, I wasn't about to cut them off! I am okay with trimming them now that they will be back among friends.

I never completely lost all of my eyebrows, but they thinned significantly, and were a little uneven and patchy. I had very full eyebrows to begin with, and one of my friends said she thought I had just had them waxed. (By a legally blind cosmetoligist???) I can now see right below the skin where the new eyebrow hairs are about to emerge though.

Things are looking up - on the vanity front anyway. Now, when we can just get the chemo behind me and this tumor removed once and for all, then what a happy day it will be!

So, if I know Jeff well enough by now, I sense a new band name - perhaps the Legally Blind Eyebrows...