April 22nd- Day + 75

Ryan,

You said the other day that you talked to God and he told you that he was going to make you better. Well you must be doing something right because your bone marrow is clear. Your JMML is not back from what we can see. You are 21/2 months post transplant and it is not back so far.

Most children with JMML relapse with in a few months, we are almost there and you have not. Ryan keep doing what you are doing! Maybe I should be saying Ally keep doing what you are doing! Then again, I could just say keep on working together as a team. You both can do it, you can win this battle. I have amazingly strong willed children, so if anyone can beat this the two of you can.

Ryan you give me the strength to keep holding on. Every time I look at your face, each time we talk , each time you make me laugh. Each kiss and hug I get, the way you are with your sisters and how much you love them and us. All of this makes me love you more and more each day. You really are an inspiration to us all.

Dr. Gassas basically said, if I have this correct is nothing in your bone marrow ( ie: looks like remission) your blood work also looks fine so that would classify remission. But because you still have 15/200 cells they can not be 100% sure that it is not lingering and looking to resurface again. Your monocytes are with in normal range so another good sign.

We wait now until Friday to see if your cells have decreased since your DLI last week.
We are hoping that this is the case. Dr Gassas at a conference next week in England so we only have to go back on May 6th. This is like a nice little vacation away from the hospital.

I can not wait, the weather will hopefully get nicer and we can go to Niagara for a picnic lunch as a family. We still have to stay relatively close to the hospital to be on the safe side.

Ryan today was a good day, better than many others. We had an idea your JMML was not back but until you hear it from the Dr's you are alway left wondering for sure. We know it can come back at any time but we will run with this for now and hope that your fish test that was done today shows less cells. We should have those results by Friday.

Keep up the great work Ryan and lets Ally's troops conquer.

Mommy.