Mommy, where is your hair?

12 30 2007

We all slept well last night and late into the morning. Jared came bouncing in around 8:30 this morning and I think that was the first that anyone even stirred since last night. Sleep has become a valuable commodity around here so it was particularly nice to sleep in. Leslie wore her sleeping cap for the first time last night. She was afraid that the stubble would fall out and make a mess on the pillow. As it turns out, it was too warm and she had to take it off so she could cool off and sleep. The stubble stayed in just fine. Even though her hair is falling out it does it in a way we hadn't anticipated. Since it has been cut so short there isn't enough weight to pull it completely out. The short little stubbles fall from the root but stay attached by the skin. When she lays on her head it feels like hundreds of little needles sticking back into her head. There's something your average Joe/Jo doesn't get to feel everyday. Guess it's a new meaning to being on pins and needles. (Oh go ahead, you wanna laugh....)

Leslie didn't feel well this morning so we took things easy. I made breakfast and we got to just hang around the house and relax. Leslie looks great in her new 'do, it is amazing how someone can be so beautiful in a crew cut, she just looks like a million bucks though!

This afternoon Jared and Leslie went down for naps. Jared got up around 4:30 but Mommy stayed in bed. It's been the 3rd day after chemo that really kicks her butt so it wasn't a big surprise. Mommy slept most of the day today and went to bed at 9:30 for the night. She feels terrible, her hair fell out and she's got cramps from another of God's great gifts to womanhood.

Probably best to stay in bed all day.