Tonight's picture was taken on July 29, 2008. Six days after diagnosis, Mattie had a bone biopsy. A bone biopsy is a procedure in which bone samples are removed (with a special biopsy needle or during surgery) to find out if cancer or other abnormal cells are present. Basically it is the official way of diagnosing osteosarcoma. I am not sure what was worse, the actual procedure (which involved general anesthesia) or the recovery. At home we were asked to remove the bandage. Mattie's skin was so sensitive that pulling something with heavy adhesive off of him was a nightmare. Here you can see that Mattie did not want me touching him. I was sitting next to him on the couch, while he tried taking the bandage off himself. However, I learned quickly over that year's time the fastest way to remove a sticky bandage...... was to use rubbing alcohol.
Quote of the day: When I was starting out in this business, that was the norm. You did it all. You looked around, and entertainers could dance, sing, play the piano, act, make you laugh. ~ Carol Burnett
Peter and I grew up on seeing the Carol Burnett show. She has brought family fun to generations of people, and now that her shows are on MeTV (as reruns), a whole new generation is getting to know her.
Like in her 11 year long TV show, last night, she had the lights turned up in the theater and for most of the show, the audience was asking her questions. You may think that would be boring! It could be if you are not Carol Burnett. The audience was firing unrehearsed questions at her and she was providing answers. Answers that illustrated her beautiful personality, well timed humor, and incredible life stories. I think Carol Burnett is a class act, who doesn't need to rely on politics or current events to be funny. She pulls in natural everyday things that we can relate to and does it in a clean and family friendly manner.
The audience asked her whether she would come back to TV, because her humor is needed now more than ever. She said NO! She told us that the amount of money CBS spent to run the Carol Burnett show back then, would never fly today. In addition, she said the show was not about being perfect, but being real. Which again, would never fly in the very scripted and overly orchestrated TV shows of today.
Carol Burnett did a tribute to Harvey Korman and Tim Conway. It was touching as she felt her show could never be duplicated, as these two great comedians are no longer alive. She showed us the classic dental skit (click on this photo), and what she told us was that Tim Conway (playing the dentist) went totally off script. As his goal was to get Harvey Korman (the patient) to break down in laughter.
I am glad we saw this incredibly talented living legend perform live!
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