Lily is in Remission!!

Yay we are so happy to report that Lily is officially in remission! Basically that means that in her blood smear they cant see any visible leukemic cells. They know that there are still some leukemic cells in her blood that they cant see so they sent her blood to Seattle for further testing and the results show that the amount of leukemic cells she still has are within the normal range. This is such good news because since she has responded so well to treatment so far it hugely increases her chances of not just survival but also increases her chance that she will never ever get this again!

She still has over 2 years of treatment to kick this thing for good but we are once again so hopeful that life will some day return to normal. This next phase of treatment is 28 days. She went for a spinal yesterday and 2 rounds of chemo. The next 2 Wed she will go in again for spinals, and then she has a week off. I also will be giving her an oral chemo here at home for the next 28 days.

So far she has been so happy since getting off the steroids. She is really starting to act like the Lily I remember before all this sickness started. I can see the love she has for her sister, and the love Makinlee has for her. They will finally play together and Lily can always make her laugh. Lily is also quite the helper these days. I'm sure that fact that she is doing chores to earn money to buy a kitty purse has nothing to do with the fact that she will do any chore I ask her to do. :) She has also become quite the artist. She loves to paint and color and actually has the attention span to just sit and color for hours.

We truly feel blessed this week. We can not express to everyone how grateful we are to have such amazing people in our lives. There is too many people to thank everyone personally but we are so grateful for all the gifts, and cards, and donations that we have gotten. We know that all the prayers are working and cant thank you all enough. We still have a long road but we are ready to face the challenge with all the support we have. Today is a GREAT day and I know there will be many more to come!