Retail Therapy

Wednesday, May 30th.



The Day after Meltdown we all woke up feeling rinsed clean. Gavin got the kids up...Grammy slept right through his first morning cooings. Then after Jamie got off to work, I headed to this computer and Google was so cooperative in helping me set up this blog. At 9:45 I was still in my jams at the computer when Tess yelled, Retail Therapy Time!! So in 15 minutes we were out the door to Great Northern Mall where Gavin frolicked in the playground and Tess found cute pj's & sweats at Victoria Secret. Even I found some decent T's at Christopher & Banks that weren't so tight they flattened my bosum or so long they reached my knees. What are these designers thinking of these days????



Fun Food Fest at the Food Court........Mickey D's for Gavin, Taco Bell for Mom and Chinese for Grammy. Jamie picked up Tess for the visit with Dr. Barnett and Gavin and I came on home.



As mentioned before, the visit went well. Dr. Barnett was cheering his work and telling Tess how happy she was going to be with it, while Tess was wailing as the bandages were removed and she hated having missing parts, at the same time she was making them laugh as she warned them about rancid and musty armpits. Mary, the doctor's nurse told her she really must have a very good guardian angel because the hope from this visit is that there will be no radiation and possibly reduced chemo. Hooray!



Before Tess even got home, Michelle, the oncologist's nurse called to discuss the visit. She also praised Tess's angels and prayer support group. "Really, Tess, I honestly believe if you had come in a month later this would not be a happy story. It could well have metastacized by then. You are so protected to have gotten here early."

Thank you everyone for those prayers, candles and positive thoughts sent our way.