27. R24, C34 - Monday, July, 22, 2024

I am melanoma free! I thought that I’d be getting a biopsy but the doctor busted out his dermatoscope and signaled like I touched the base safe saying, “BENIGN!”

What a freakin’ long week last week. We literally ran to 13 separate appointments since last Monday. “Exhausted” is not the word. We laughed about us going to bed and falling asleep in minutes, being so beat that we don’t move. Owen said fixing the bed was so easy because the blankets didn’t move.

This weekend was a good weekend for Owen and me. We definitely needed to just stay put and enjoy time together without feeling like we needed to be somewhere in the next 30 minutes.

Owen has six more radiation appointments and nine more days of chemotherapy. He is almost there. He has started to lose hair on the side of his head where he has his scar. He had some nausea this last week but nothing he couldn’t handle.

I want us to have a party to celebrate when he finishes this round of treatment. But I can’t help but think that both of us will just want to veg. I’ll see how he is feeling…

We had a nice break from the heat Sunday when there was about an hour of good rain. Our grass is happy.

The house. Ugh. The reconstruction was supposed to be done on Friday. It looks like they need another a week. Maybe when we celebrate, we celebrate him finishing this treatment and that we get our home back…

My dear friend B taught me how to not kill an orchid. Orchids are one of my top two favorite flowers ever. I hated getting them because I couldn’t keep them alive. B gave me my first orchid plant in Texas last February. I managed to keep them bloomed thru June. And then all the flowers fell off… and that feeling of doom was setting in. But I kept at it, as instructed by B. And look where it is now… I’m gonna have 11 little blooms 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼!!

So excited!!! Never was able to do this before!

This is the last full week of treatment for this round! Almost there!!! Let’s go, Owen!!!