Cold!

Very short outings today. The windchill is about 30 below zero--the little Cardinal is telling us it is 11 below actual. Good thing we are tired from yesterday!

Cancer update--the necrotic tissue has returned, causing bad breath and dire smelling licks. Everett has always been a big licker. I feel like a bad parent every time I cringe when she kisses me, and I remind myself that when she's gone, I will treasure ALL the time we had together. Smelly licks are better than no licks at all! So I wash my hands, or wipe my face/ankles/arm wherever her love has landed, and forget about the odor. I wonder if it is painful for her? With all the stick we played yesterday, I want to say her jaw is NOT hurtful, but she's doing a lot of half-yawning today, as though trying to clear the tumor from her mouth. She's also doing a lot of air-licking (like a dog that just had some peanut butter who keeps licking long after the gooey treat is gone), and I wonder if the lump in her mouth is uncomfortable, or just annoying. Three more days, until her first radiation treatment.