Tiny bit smaller.
That’s what Diane said when she called Val with the news.
Every nine weeks there is another scan, and we hold our breath for a few days or weeks; and every time, every single time so far, the tumor slowly, slowly, slowly… recedes. Reduces. Unmakes itself.
Diane said it seems to be “stable.” And a “tiny bit smaller.”
We take a deep breath, and slowly, slowly let it out.
D