Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Saturday, 3/23/13 We were planning another great day, but there has been an elephant in the room since I've gotten here on Thursday.  We knew Mary's hair was going to be falling out any day.  We've just been waiting.

I went to the gym and then needed to get some groceries for some Sangria Mary needed to make for a wedding shower on Sunday.  I got a text from Rick while I was at the grocery store that it had started.  I was ticked that I wasn't at home when it was happening.  Thank goodness Rick was with her.  He had Mary shave his head last night.  What a wonderful husband and support he has been!
When I got home I saw Mary and she looked fine.  I guess I expected to see her with a bunch of patches of hair missing or something.  Also thought to find her a blubbering mess.  Nope.  Ashley (her daughter) was over, and Mary was in as good a mood as she was when I left that morning, and other than telling me that it had started, she acted like nothing was wrong.  CRAZY!!!  

Well, it continued slowly throughout the afternoon, but we still had a fun, crazy afternoon.  We made Sangria, made a music video, and laughed and danced in the kitchen most of the afternoon.  We had a blast.

After dinner, when Ashley left and Rick went to bed, we got down to business.  It was time.  I went first.  It was much easier for me because I know my hair is going to be growing back soon and I am doing it on my own terms.  Cutting my pony tail off really was like cutting off a horses tail!

Then it was Mary's turn.  This one took a glass of wine and a shot of tequila.  It can't be easy when you know you are doing it just because the stupid Cancer is making you do it and you don't know when it is going to grow back.  I was hoping that, by my going first, it would have made it easier for her.  I don't think anything could make this easy for her!  It just plain sucks for her.  But, we got it done.  She had a couple wine breaks, and we were done.  She has a beautiful oval head with no "divits" in it. :)  

We saved our pony tails in a baggie just like our mom did when she gave us our first hair cuts when we were little girls.

My hair will grow back quick.  Mary has a long road ahead.  But I am so excited to see how that beautiful head of blonde hair is going to grow back.  Will it be thick?  Will it be curly?  Will it be straight? 

We are one day closer to her hair growing back.