Shenanigans I Tell You!

Paula spent the night last night and we watched “Definitely, Maybe” and then this morning we watch “The Jane Austin Book Club.” Both movies were very good and I enjoyed having Paula around.

I had radiation this morning and right as I sat down in the waiting room, on our green couch we always sit on, Josh called me back to the treatment area – I didn’t have time for a quick snooze or anything. Well, I got in, got strapped down (because I’m pretty sure if I was not sufficiently hog tied – they bribe me with warm blankets as well - I would run out the room screaming) and Josh started my CT scan (I get one every day to make sure I’m in the exact spot every day, I mean seriously, what’s 5 more minutes of radiation on top of what I’m already getting). Well, all of a sudden I come shooting out of the machine (I’m used to hearing a click, then moving out a little bit slowly and then moving out the rest of the way quickly) and Josh started lowering the table. I was kinda freaking out, but they had received an error message and they had to fix the machine. At least now I know they can get me out of there pretty quickly. So, I went and waited in the waiting room for about an hour while the engineer came and fixed it – and took my nap! Josh freaked me out when he woke me up to tell me the machine was ready (both Warner and I were crashed out on the couch). So anyway, I got my treatment and that was that.

When I got home, I decided I would just stay up for the morning and sleep in the afternoon when Paula left. I also decided I wanted PANCAKES! Go figure, right? Well, apparently Mrs. Susan had never made pancakes before (a small detail she failed to mention before hand and we had challenged her to make only one, so she couldn’t exactly follow the recipe on the box). So, it was taking forever to get my pancakes because she kept reading the box and setting her cell phone to time each side of the pancake. Finally she declared she was done:

Let's examine closely:

Notice how it is not fully cooked
(because the batter was super soupy!!)
And it's thin like a crepe!
Ah, but I am very thankful that she attempted to make them
and it made for an entertaining morning!

I went in there and said, “Umm…let’s try this again” and Paula and I taught her all the tips of pancake making! So now SuSu is a bona-fide pancake chef, and would love to make everyone pancakes from scratch (or Eggos). We won’t even get into the sausage story.

Like I said earlier, I slept the afternoon away – pancake making wore me out! This evening Warner put frontline on the pups, and Ruekie usually accepts his fate and just pouts and ignores us for a while after - we’ve come to accept this. Edgar on the other hand, thought he was being tortured and killed. He whined and carried on something awful. After we got it on him, he began yelping and scratching and spinning circles and going absolutely nuts! He HATED it. He has sufficiently worn himself out in the process and is now snoring away on his pillow, just fine.

My taste has started to go away. Water is the worst actually – it tastes rancid. So I am probably overdosing on the mouthwash (because I have the worst taste in my mouth and I gag on the salt water mix that I’m supposed to use – it makes me throw up). I can still taste a few things, but they are definitely blander tasting now. My throat is also getting really dry, which is frustrating because I have to drink more of that rancid tasting water. Coffee ice cream still tastes pretty good though – and watermelon! My skin graft is looking really good. I can see around the edges where the graft is and it’s pink and connected to my real skin. My physical therapist is working with my arm to try and get my wrist to actually bend (it goes like 2 degrees in either direction). That’s about it for my news. Next week is a four day week for treatment because of July 4^th. Which is awesome, maybe it won’t be as rough (HA!) and I’ll have a long weekend to let my body repair itself!