Friday update

Dad is doing great today. He's fairly hopped up on prednisone...very large amounts but at least it's for 5 days only! Prednisone is a steroid...so Matt, he may be as close as he gets to fitting his new persona...hopefully he won't pick a fight at work today! And yes, he went to work today and is actually proposing a new business development to one of the big guys there. I hope it goes well....prednisone, loaded with chemicals, bald and badass....hmmmm...this could be interesting!
Last night he decided it was time to shave his head (as you can see by the pictures). We were concerned that Delia might not recognize him with a shaved head so along with Andy & Darcy's approval, we shaved his head in front of Delia...on the webcam. She was pretty intent on watching the whole thing...even though she was also very focused on trying on her new big-girl undies. Darcy requested that I shave it first into a mohawk...or as Dad called it a "chemohawk"! Of course that was followed by something about Chemo-sabe and for a moment I thought Andy and Dad would take off on a pun tirade...but it was mercifully thwarted by my continuing to shave Dad's head. So after that was all done, Darcy cut off one of Delia's locks (she hasn't had a formal haircut yet) and handed the hair to her. Delia looked at it, threw it on the floor and said "Go Delia Go!!". Well, Grandpa laughed so hard he inhaled some of the flying hair in the room!! The evening came to a sweet end when Delia gave Grandpa a big hug (that's when she goes to the tv screen where their webcam is hooked up and opens her arms for a hug around Grandpa on the screen...and you thought you knew what virtual reality was!). She then followed that up with blowing Grandpa kisses. Needless to say, that was the perfect way to end a full day of chemo and having your head shaved! So this morning we went back to the oncologist's and Dad got the usual Neulasta shot which will help boost up his white blood cells again in about a week. Then he came home and relaxed for a bit and then took off for work, undaunted, with his bald head and sunglasses. He was ready to take on the world today!