A Sandi Update

Yesterday was an interesting day. For the first time ever, I cut Sandi's hair.  Back before her fifth round of chemo, despite what everyone had told us, her hair started coming back. Slowly it started coming in all over her head with the most around the edges. So, yesterday after she had cut the boys and me, she handed me the clippers and told me to give it a shot.  Made me a nervous wreck as I was scared to death of nicking her but it went okay.

This was the first time in weeks I had touched her scalp and her hair felt nothing like her hair. Strange stuff that cut weirdly and clumped up when touched. Sandi said it reminded her of "dust bunnies" the way it acted. I wouldn't say that, but I don't know how to explain it. It was flat out weird the way it felt and cut, but that must be due to the chemotherapy.  I never cared if she was bald or not but for Sandi having enough hair to cut was a huge milestone in her recovery. She remains convinced, even though there are big setbacks on some days, that the cancer is gone and she is cured. She says she can feel the cancer is gone.

We won't know that until much later this month after she has another PET Scan and then we see her doctor. Sandi always knew she was pregnant with the boys far earlier than the pregnancy tests ever said she was. I hope she is right about this too.

After seeing so many pictures of her at chemo and not feeling well, when Saturday was a good day for her, I took the picture below.