Richard can drive. Actually, he drove to mass on Sunday and did a roundtrip (unescorted) all the way to Parkdale on Monday evening. I tell you, it was like my teenage son was out for the first time. And I was nervous for no reason.
I did do the driving to Portland on Tuesday (at Richard’s request), but tonight Richard has driven himself into Hood River. Unescorted, once again.
And Richard’s doctor’s appointment went well. His blood pressure was still a bit low, but they let him go home without an infusion. Most of the nagging, little (notice how I can make Richard’s woes sound so minimal, while mine are of “…a dimension and severity seldom seen…”) side effects of chemo and radiation have started to subside. The radiation burn on his back is finally starting to look better and he feels his singing voice returning. He even gained another pound. His blood counts aren’t back up to normal, but they are totally okay for where he is.
He has (or will have) a CAT scan scheduled for mid-August, and then sees his oncologists on August 20th. So, barring any amazing developments, we will discontinue Richard updates until after the 20th of August and go onto much more critical issues, such as “How can you tell if your cat has purged his purchased cat food to make more room for a tasty little rodent, or did he simply barf on the dryer?”
Or, “Why do the cats get the summer off and I still have to go to work?” Hey, I just realized it ain’t just the summer. Those two lazy bastards have been living off our largesse for way too long now. Anyone want to hire a couple of cats?
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