REMISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, remission! We have the lab report, and that's what it says. I have thoroughly cross-examined Dr. Hurvitz, and we really can use the word! I will admit that I started crying in front of a bunch of girls!

It gets better. We are at a restaurant! Ben's white blood cell count, while still low, is high enough for us to do it! We still need to be careful about germs -- no exposure to sick people, lots of hand washing, avoid crowds, etc. -- but we don't need to take full neutropenic precautions anymore! After this, we're going to buy games for Ben's new PSP which a great friend of ours gave him yesterday!

I will post a lot more about all of this, including future treatment, later. We still have to do three years of treatment to make sure the cancer is all gone, and there are many opportunities for getting sidetracked. But we are totally overjoyed -- it's really up there with when the kids were born.

Thanks again to everyone for the prayers, support and encouragement. OK, back to our little celebration!