Indeed, the very hairs on your head are all numbered… (2nd post on 5/5/10) (Updated with a photo)

10:20 PM on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 – Kellee and I were sitting watching the Tuesday night’s Idol performances on YouTube. Kellee’s head itched and so he reached and touched the back of his head and out came some hair. He then went into the bathroom to see if other hair would follow, and yes it did! He could have been at it all night pulling at his hair. Since I had the hair clippers with us in the van, I offered to go get then and buzz his hair off so he would not have to pull it out or worry about it coming out in bed during the night. So that is what we did. I got the clippers, he sat on a turned over garbage can in the shower and we buzzed his head. I did not go as short right over the biopsy scar because he wanted me to be gentle there. Plus we figured it would most likely fall out the next time he showered. While buzzing his hair he said he was glad we were getting rid of his hair this way because he really didn’t like the thought of pulling it all out.  During the hair cut process Kellee said to me, “I am going to have to tell Robbie, I feel like one of those cancer patients now!”   After we were done buzzing his hair, I said “okay you’re turn to buzz my hair.” But don’t worry Heidi, he wouldn’t do it! Even when I said I was more than prepared to do it as an act of solidarity with him. Kellee said being with him as he goes through it all is more than enough solidarity for him. He also accused me of setting up the poll in such a way so nobody could say no. (Another reason to NEVER trust any type of poll, but that is for a different blog.) He said he should get the final say. I then told him Heidi really didn’t want me to do it either. He said then that was confirmation for me to not buzz my hair, if both Heidi and he separately came to the same conclusion. In the blog with the poll, I said I would take the results into consideration, but did not say I would go with the results. I told Kellee I would not buzz my hair…for now. In fact I just might let my hair grow and then donate it to Locks of Love when it gets long enough, which means I won’t cut my hair until 2012. (I doubt I could convince Heidi to let me do that either!) From now on, Cinco de Mayo will be remembered as the day Kellee lost his hair!

Kellee with some hair he pulled out on Cinco De Mayo

Hats & Hair (loss) plus a Poll

One of the side effects we were told Kellee would have because of the radiation treatment would be hair loss at the area being treated, which in Kellee’s case means he will lose the hair on his head. Because we have known this for a while we have been on the look-out for hats to add to the one hat he has been wearing. (See post titled, “What a Combo (Night)” for photos of Kellee with his hat.) Unfortunately for Kellee he has the curse of the big head and finding hats that fit is often a problem. If the size on a hat does not say XL, it will be too small. One size fits all hats do not work either! Kellee comes by the big head naturally though, he is very smart and his daddy has a rather large cranium as well! Auntie Tami brought him some hats and a few do-rags on the day of the biopsy. When the Three Amigos (Heidi, Tami, Faithe) were in Florida, they looked for a hat there but had a tough time finding XL sized hats. Faithe did bring one hat back, it was a cool hat that Kellee liked, but it was still a bit small. I spent some time on it the other night and altered it some, hopefully it will work. We also ordered a few hats and they just came and he now has quite a few choices.
To date, Kellee has not lost his head of hair…yet. We did butch a lot of his hair off early on when we first started this journey. At that time there were some of his friends who cut their hair short as well as a show of support. When the hair actually does fall out there has been talk of possibly some other guys joining Kellee with the same hair style. Kellee has told his brothers and myself that he really does not expect us to cut our hair. However, I am still thinking about it. Here is where I’d like the input of those who read this blog, please participate by taking the attached poll. I will take the poll results into consideration when deciding to buzz my head when Kellee loses his hair.