Hair

Went over to mom's today to clean the house.  I walked in as Elisa was cutting mom's hair.  She needed to cut it before shaving it off.

As I was standing there watching, I was thinking here we are.  Another step in  in the life of cancer.  One I never thought we'd be at in a million years when t came to mom.  And yet there will be so many more steps to take.

Elisa took the shears and we both looked at each other, and then the process of shaving mom's hair off began.

You could see some bald spots where clumps of hair had previously come out.  Mom is taking this process better than Elisa and I.

As I was continuing to witness this, I couldn't help but notice how frail mom looked.  She suddenly appeared old to me....again.  Twice in one week this hits me.  And so the parent has become the child while the child has become the parent.  Life does come full circle.  

I asked mom how it felt for her hair to be shaved off and she just shrugged her shoulders.  Didn't really bother her.  She said it would grow back. She just wanted it off so she could shower, lol.  She hadn't showered in a few days because it just kept coming off.  She was waiting for Elisa to shave it. She's taking it alot better than we are that is for sure.  To lighten the mood I said, "Gee mom, you're lookin' like a 67 year-old lesbian!". LOL.  That brought a giggle out of her.  We all started laughing. (I think Elisa was shocked I said that, lol.)

Elisa left some hair on her head, it's not completely shaved off.  I told mom that it looks better when all that hair is away from her face.

As soon as Elisa was done, mom jumped in the shower.  I began to clean the whole house for her.  She feels better now that she is clean, the house is clean (and no hair laying around).  She feels a little weak today but much better than she was feeling the beginning of the week.

Well...time to get ready for my much needed date night with Dan.  Movie and dinner sounds good to me.  Been awhile since we have gone out and had fun together.  Need to get my mind off of things for a little while.