Cease the Glowing!

25 radiation treatments are now behind Regan. He "graduated" yesterday afternoon, even after a close call with a power outage almost seemed to prolong the glowing for a day. Luckily he had to stick nearby to get his stitches removed so they were able to squeeze him in for the last round of radiation. His underarm is doing well. Quite red and is a bit scaly. He was told it would get worse before it got better. For now is just requires a little care and has not bothered him in the slightest. His lip looks great and now that the stitches are gone we just wait for the swelling to go down. His "button" is all but gone. He is having the first 5 of 15 biopsies today of various spots/freckles on his skin. Will update as I hear. (Revised 11/1/10 - all came back negative for melanoma. 2 were moles, 2 were mild prescancerous and 1 medium precancerous that they will keep an eye on. As they removed very large chunks o' Regan for the biopsey they feel confident that more is not needed at these locations at this time.)

Still no word on the formal med board hearing...those of us without patience are trying not freak out.

Halloween prep has taken us a couple of weeks. We have pumpkins and decorations they just are not properly set up. No motivation like the last minute! We did have his halloween party at gymnastics last night that went great. We spent a good 20 min tearing apart the house for the lone soccer sock only to give up and find a shabby stand in. Once we got to gymnastics we had to remove his shoes and socks so all the effort was a waste. Silly parents. During our search Pres managed to lock himself in the dark garage. He handled it much better then Reg or I and has a war story to share with everyone. Poor munchkin, scared the heck out of us to hear a muffled yell "momma, daddy help me".

We of course are already looking past Halloween and are planning for Thanksgiving. California and Disneyland are on the docket...any takers?

Fall weather blew in yesterday. Pres was wearing gloves & mittens along with his coat this morning. He asked me to hold his hand so he didn't "fly away". We have had wind gusts of 65 mph which make for some excitement. Click here for wind aftermath including a wall falling (see above, thanks for the pic Brad) on one of my projects and the power going out at the hospital where Reg was trying to get his last treatment!