Mayleigh's bone marrow biopsy results are in... SHE IS IN COMPLETE REMISSION!!!
There are no signs of acute leukemia and therefore she has achieved exactly what we set out to do and that was achieve remission during induction phase. This is the best news we could have ever received yet it's the only news we were anticipating. We are beyond ourselves with joy and cannot thank everyone enough for their support. We will still be traveling to Eugene next Monday to resume treatments but we are very happy to have the results be nothing less than our goal.
On the downside Mayleigh has continued to have massive swelling in her feet and ankles as well as abdomen. These are side effects of both chemo and prednisone but thankfully she has been off prednisone since last Sunday. It's causing a water blister on one foot and some very red and sore spots on her abdomen. Hopefully it subsides soon as the prednisone wears off but it's definitely concerning. She has also had some pretty bad headaches but overall she is up and moving and currently helping mom juice :D
I am in shock in some ways that we were able to achieve this so quickly but again we never let ourselves think there was any alternatives. We will take it all in stride and continue to fight just as hard during the next 2 phases and hopefully that includes the thoughts and prayers from all of you!
Thank you again for following our journey. It could never have been done quite so easily had it not been for love! <3
And happy birthday to my mom. I couldn't think of any better present than to have your grandaughter be cancer free!!! :D
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