Joy

"And Joy is Everywhere;It is in the Earth's green covering of grass;In the blue serenity of the Sky;In the reckless exuberance of Spring;In the severe abstinence of gray Winter;In the Living flesh that animates our bodily frame;In the perfect poise of the Human figure, noble and upright;In Living;In the exercise of all our powers;In the acquisition of Knowledge;in fighting evils...Joy is there Everywhere."
-Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet

The Doctor's are cautious to not say a complete response until up to one year from the treatment .. . . . . . . .but the treatment could not have produced better results as of this point. It was successful and the bone marrow is back to normal. We will have to go back in January and if the tests look the same they will announce that we had a complete response.

We would like to thanks everyone for all your prayers and support. We could not have gotten here without you.

Love,
Jack & Cheryl

We won't know anything until Friday afternoon

"The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches. Patience and faith. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea." -Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Now it is all coming back. We do the tests and the doctors get all the results and have their big pow wow on Friday and then they will call us and tell us what is what. We will post when we hear.

The good news is that looking at our schedule, we will be done tomorrow with the testing, so Wednesday morning we will get up and head down to Cape Cod.

Jack & Cheryl