Hairy Thanksgiving

First, a share from my dad.

"Matthew has an an amazing amount of natural artistic talent. On his better days he sometimes puts that talent to use. He made this cane as a costume prop for when he and his friends go the the Renaissance Faire in a few weeks. Using a wood lathe, he made the shaft of the cane from an old bed post that he had scrounged. He turned down the shaft but left a bulge at the top. Then he hand carved the leaves into the bulge. These are under the rose at the top of the cane. The leaves and the cane body are all black, so they don’t show up real well in the picture. The rose was made separately from a chunk of firewood. He turned the basic outline of the rose on  the lathe and then hand-carved the petals."

             

Matthew has been in pretty constant discomfort from his back lately.  If you remember, his vertebrae are misaligned. He has been having a very difficult time sleeping as a result.  Not sleeping has lots of other negative effects-cranky, loss of appetite etc.  In addition, as a result of the two blockages and continued discomfort, he is down about 20 pounds.  He has continued to be able to undergo chemo.  

Thanksgiving, Jennifer went down for a visit.  After dinner, she said he was running his hand through his hair, and it started coming out.  Pretty soon, there was not much left.  This was the end result.

Quite a change from the hair warrior we used to know......2008

As always, thanks for all the continued thoughts and prayers.