From Tucson, grand daughter Charlize getting ready to show the missing tooth!
My Tooth Fairy was never that generous ($5.00). Of course, I was Charli's age in 1952 so perhaps that is the reason.
Mary is feeling very strong this weekend which is amazing to us. Strong, of course, being a relative term. As Dr. Taniguchi said last week, they are really blasting her with radiation. And, she is taking a handful of chemo pills every day too. In his words, she is "Doing great--fantastic even." You go girl!
Yesterday, Mary and I went grocery shopping at Lunardi's, then she stayed in the car when I ran into Walgreens and the dry cleaners. We've been using EZ Cleaners for 15 years at least and we love the two brothers who run the place.
Today, Mary went to market and a little different that previous experience, I parked at the far end of the market place, Mary walked through one time with no 'doubling back' like we normally do. She sat on a bench after we were done and I fetched the car and then picked her up for the short ride to the Purple Onion. Mary R arrived when we did so the two Mary's found a table while I parked the car. Worked great. That means that Mary was out and about from about 10 AM to about 1:00PM. And, this is after 25 blasts of radiation and chemo in five weeks! "Fantastic-even" is understatement!
Mary's book club friend, Dee, is planning a chicken dinner for us for Monday. Thank you Dee!
We have three drivers this week ready for the final push to finish up. Thanks to Ingrid, Marge and Terry for this last push!
We are both so looking forward to the four week break from therapy. We are hoping Mary has a good chance to build up her strength again before the next round--if there is a next round--chemo. We won't know until the end of September what the docs are recommending and how Mary will feel.
For now, "Fantastic--even" is good enough!
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