Mission One Accomplished

Originally Posted Jul 10, 2009 12:51pm

I am thrilled to report that after 29 days of intense chemotherapy, Amelia is now in remission. Her bone marrow aspirate last Thursday showed no leukemia cells, and she is now considered to be an “early rapid responder”, which drops her into the “standard risk low” category. This is, of course, the ideal when faced with leukemia, and gives her the best possible odds of cure (which we’ve never doubted anyway).