August 26

Well, as they say - when it rains, it pours- & that about says it all. Leo had chemo today - his last round of a series of 6. So I decided to do my 3 miles early this morning & be done with it. So I took off & it was misting a bit. I started to see little flashes of lightning & rolling thunder in the distance & then it quickly started to POUR & the lightning was closer. This was just about at the 1 mile mark & close to a street that intersected with the trail so I called Leo to ask him to come pick me up & take me to my car. So as I was under a tree waiting for him & wondering what was taking so long, I get a phone call from Sara who is crying & telling me that Leo crashed into her car. Of course, my main concern was one of if they were both OK. When I got that out of her, then I asked for details. It appears that Leo had about 20 minutes prior to my call taken his mega dose of prednisone (100 mg) in preparation for his chemo this morning. So he was just experiencing the effects of true 'roid rage. He was all concerned about me in the rain & lightning & so he took off without a jacket, but took a huge umbrella (he can't get his picc line wet). He had a heck of a time getting into his truck trying to stay dry & folding up the gigantic umbrella that he grabbed. His truck was parked in front of Sara's brand new car that she had recently bought. It was pouring rain & Leo wasn't dealing with a clear mind & so he backed up, crashing into Sara's car. So Sara was upset not only about that, but about the fact that this would upset Leo which wasn't good when he was going in for his chemo in about 1 1/2 hrs. So I'm trying to calm Sara down & then when Leo picks me up, I'm trying to calm him down. When we got home I told him that everyone was fine & nothing else mattered & then told him to sit down & lower his blood pressure by taking some deep breaths & meditating so that his blood pressure wouldn't prevent him from getting his chemo treatment. So he did & by the time we got to the oncologist's an hour later, his blood pressure was 117 over 70 & so he was good to go with his treatment. Amazingly, he got along fine & even did some work on his laptop during his treatment in the afternoon.
Sara came over for lunch which was really nice of her as always to do that & it helped pass the time a bit