The Captain's Log

In this weeks events we celebrated a 19th birthday and that crew member even took time out from living his best life too join the celebration! In the ultimate sibling move the other crew member, after working all day even made a birthday cake…so this captain’s heart is full.

On the hospital front, today completes cycle 1. In the Tour de France, there are 21 legs of the journey…Since I will not be signing up for 21, we will follow this journey in weeks, which is 24 (because as always this captain is an overachiever) SO cycle 1 is is the first 3 or so weeks and if this were the Tour de France you’d know that these legs are for the sprinters…so I am over here sprinting….uphill, both ways, in the snow….(ok it’s Missouri so no snow yet, but give it a few hours and you never know…welcome to the Show Me State)

In other news, ralph continues to go where no man has gone before…how so you ask? So glad to tell you! So an unintended consequence of opting for the “comfortable and ALSEEP” procedure to install the port (stupid ralph….no he also does not get a capital letter in his name)is that you miss the convos that happen during the procedure. So, while the following account is not factual, I assure you there is no other option. You see ralph continues to confound hospital staff and he refuses to let go of the surgical glue. They TELL you it will “come off on it’s own” do not rub or pull, so being the good captain that I am I follow the rules. Turns out that glue, when left on can cause a reaction on skin (Cue the itching like I took a jog through a poison ivy patch in my birthday suit) So, when looking at ralph during my last visit it was determined that the amount of glue used would likely have been what was used to waterproof the boat in the flex seal commercial. So I have determined in an effort to go above and beyond the hospital went the extra mile during my recent port placement. I am positive the convo during my procedure went down like this:

Surgeon: ready for the glue

Nurse: well we have this half used tube, want it?

Surgeon: Sure…and grab the full one too, just in case. Can’t have too much glue!

Nurse: Great idea and that way if she wanted to be drenched with a firehose to the chest she totally could, because nothing is getting past this glue!

Surgeon: Great work team!

So, if you have an extra fire hose laying around I’m game to test it out! Otherwise, I will keep trying to remove said glue without losing layers of skin.

Lastly, happy to report that we are no longer in the gen pop lobby to continue my cold capping. (I’m positive the security guard is relived that he will no longer get called about the homeless capping lady) We have found a new area to finish capping in. While this area is secluded it is still an open area. So we continue to entertain! My puzzle skills have hit a new all time high… this week not only did I fail to fit the pieces together, I also took on the task of “hiding” puzzle pieces.. apparently I make it harder when I drop the pieces on the floor and forget that I did. So my crew, never missing a beat, has added hide and seek puzzles to our list of accomplishments! I think we are all looking forward to the week off next week. During my time off I’ll try to find a way to continue to up my puzzle game for our next outing.

So as always send lots of prayers, maybe for my puzzle skills? And a shot raspberry liqueur and 1/2 a can of Red Bull… also know as a “super glue”, because apparently this is my latest accessory! !

Ps… I included my “repping for Mizzou” pic and the age verify on the puzzles I’m attempting since I know you were concerned that I might be starting with the advanced puzzling … rest assured that they are right in line with my mental acuity on chemo day!