With Very Grateful Hearts - It's clean! It's clean!

We met with the Oncologist to get the results of the PET Scan that Kenneth had on Wednesday and it's clean!!! The scan showed no sign of the cancer! It did show a few small, residual lumps, which are most likely scar tissue from the the large tumors he had in the center of his chest, but nothing to really worry about. If Kenneth were less reserved he would have jumped right up and clicked his heels on the way out of the doctor's office!

I don't know if 'relieved' and 'grateful' can even begin to express the way we felt this morning when we got the news. Speaking of getting the news, when the doctor came into the exam room where Kenneth and I were waiting he greeted us, shaking our hands, commenting on the return of Kenneth's hair and almost in passing mentioned that the scan was clean and everything looked great. The news came so quickly and in such a nonchalant way that Kenneth and I had to kind of double take to make sure we had really heard correctly! What a great piece of news to hear!

Kenneth doesn't even have to return to see the Oncologist for 3 months and even then it is just a check up with some blood testing. Unless Kenneth feels anything funny, or the doctor suspects something, there won't even be another PET scan. The numbers show that 75% of the time, this cancer, with the treatment that Kenneth had, is completely gone. Forever. Kenneth's blood counts have even returned almost to normal. He is still slightly anemic at this point, which is contributing to his lowered energy levels, but other than that he feels great! So, life is back to normal . . . and normal is good.

Thank you! Thank you all for the support, love, prayers and faith poured out on our behalf. We recognize this is a modern miracle made possible only by the incredible faith and sacrifice of friends and family and the medical expertise we have been blessed with over the last six months. We could not have made it through without all of you. We love you and sincerely appreciate all you have done for us.