Lookin' Good!

Kenneth's brother-in-law shared something with us that his father (who is a bald man) says. .

"God made a few people with perfect heads. . .He gave hair to the rest."

I must say, Kenneth does have a nice looking head. We became more acquainted with it last night. . .

Yesterday morning, Kenneth decided to cut down on the mess hair loss was causing and just have me cut it off. So, I took the clippers to it. I think that is the best thing we could have done for the kids as well. Instead of it being such a shock- they were there to witness it happening. Grant kind of stood close by and whimpered as he watched- not exactly sure what was going on. He took about an hour to warm up to Kenneth after that, but no problems now. The girls quickly got used to Dad's new look.

Last night we got in bed and Kenneth realized the stubble left behind by the clippers was quite uncomfortable to sleep on, so we got back out of bed and 45 minutes, a few wipes of shaving cream and a razor later, Kenneth had a beautiful, bald head- "just like the prophets", according to Emma. He slept well.

Today was the 2nd round of Chemo. The morning was interesting. We got here to the office and the doctor realized Kenneth did not have all the information from the blood testing that they needed in order to get the chemo started. (They have to be sure his blood levels are high enough to proceed) So, they sent us to a lab about 4 miles away. They told us it would take 4 hours to get the results to the doctor!! Well, that wouldn't work!!! Especially since the doctor told us to give ourselves 8 hours for the chemo today. So, the first lab sent us to the main lab where they actually process the results. They got the results to the doctor in just 45 minutes. When all was said and done it was 11 am before the nurses were able to start Kenneth. Luckily, things went pretty smoothly today and we actually finished by 4 pm! Kenneth had a small problem with the initial needle prick- he had to lie back and his blood pressure dropped a little- but, other than that, he did great. He didn't even take a nap today!

We are very thankful for the women from church who organized the babysitting, watched our children, and brought us dinner. What a comfort it has been not to have to worry about the children and to be able to be with Kenneth.

I am not sure when Kenneth is going to be up to having his handsome face posted on the blog. The hair loss experience hasn't been too bad, but it's not a cup of tea, either. Mostly, it is a stark reminder that this is all real. The last three weeks when Kenneth has been feeling so good, it was easy to feel like life was normal again. The hair loss brought some of those tough feelings back to the surface.

But, all in all, we have been so thankful for how well Kenneth is doing. 2 down 4 to go! We feel very hopeful that all will be well in the end.