8/18/21

Today is Wednesday. David drove down yesterday and got here about 5 o’clock. He took me to radiation today, and that was sure nice because it was raining again. He can drop me off at the front door and I don’t have to walk from way out in the parking lot through the rain to the building.

I’m feeling better than I was a few days ago, so it must’ve been nothing big. My sore throat is gone now, but I’m sure taking a lot of naps. I am turning a little pinker every day, and my skin is warm. It doesn’t feel like a sunburn to me. A sunburn feels hot on the outside and I feel the warmth coming from inside going out. It’s not too bad yet.

David made me a beautiful handrail for our little stairway inside the RV. It’s gorgeous. He installed it today and it works wonderfully. He is so handy. He has taken out my garbage, vacuumed, shook the rugs, and he’s doing everything he can to help me. He made dinner last night, too. I do not know how long he is going to stay. He is going to take me out to dinner tonight. I’ve only eaten out once since I’ve been in Houston, and that was with Jessica on her birthday.

Tomorrow, after radiation, we are going to go down to visit with Courtney. We will have dinner with her and then come back to the RV.

I have to be at MD Anderson at 7:20 AM tomorrow morning. That’s awfully early for me. Then I have to be back there at 1 o’clock for another appointment. After that, I am done for the day.

It’s nice having David here for a little while, even though it’s rained all dang day today. He’s going to be bored pretty quick.

A couple of nights ago I was sitting in the recliner. I was so tired, I could not get out of the recliner to go to bed. I thought about just  trying to sleep in the recliner again, but that doesn’t work very well in the RV. I sat there a long time before I got the strength to get up and actually go to bed.  It sounds so silly. How can someone be too tired to get up and go to bed? It’s real, people. It’s real.

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