As of this spring, my wardrobe was a sorry state of affairs.  For the past six years, I have not had an outside-the-house job.  My needs have been minimal.  I’m practical and frugal, so it didn’t make sense to me to spend lots of money on short-term clothes.  Over those years, I have gained and lost weight.  I’ve had four pregnancies; (yes, I had...

I am sitting in Mom’s hospital room with my family: the original five were all here together, but Chief just left to go back to work, and I am leaving for chemo in a few minutes. Mom is great: her eyes are bright and focused, and she still very much our Rozzer.  She is sitting up in a chair, she is talking, drinking, and delving into the (many, many) goodies...

I got a speaker phone call from Dad, Mom, and Chief Sister from the hospital room.  Mom is talking, and talking coherently.  She says that the drugs are fabulous, and she was making jokes.  She really sounded good, and Chief and Dad seemed surprised at how “with it” she was.  Dad filled her in on her OR antics, and she is pleased with the big picture:...

Surgery is done and Mom is in recovery!  She should be moving to a room on her floor within the hour.Dr. B-cup is happy with the reconstruction, and also commented that there was very little bleeding.  She will be in the hospital Wednesday, and since surgery took so long today, it is reasonable for her to expect to stay another night and come home Thursday.I’m...

Dr. What-a-babe is done operating.  She performed the double mastectomy, put in a port, and did a lymph node dissection.  Dr. B-cup is operating now and things are progressing well.Mom was a problem patient for Dr. What-a-babe.  Not in the scary sense, in the laughable sense.  Red-headed nurses are always high maintenance, right?  They had a tough time starting an...

I just arrived at the hospital and go the update from my Dad.  These are his words that he had typed as an update: What I can tell you so far.  Roz and I arrived at Christ Hospital at 8:00 and for 2 hours there was a constant parade of Doctors and Nurses wishing her well.   Somehow during all that confusion, they managed to hook up the IV, Foley, and pain line. At...