5 More Chemo Treatments to go!!

[SkyHog]

I got a text message from my sister today that made me very happy! My niece had pneumonia last week (for those who don't know, she has Leukemia), and we were all very worried about it.

She fought off the illness on her own, and afterwards, her white blood cell count was normal! The text message I got from my sister read:

"She is doing great. We are doing chemo today. 5 more to go after today!!"

Of course, my understanding is that for a long time, she'll still have to go to the doctor to get checked from time to time, but the good news is that she'll slowly start getting back to a normal childhood, only a few years after everything went to hell!

Now the question in my mind is how she'll adapt to normal childhood, having missed the years between 5 and almost 8....

 

[michael Killacky]

Nick,
Truly excellent news. As far as adapting, that's what 8 year olds do. It's us weatherbeaten old folks that can't take change. Please keep us posted.

 

[redcloud]

Nice news Nick! Kids are resilient.

 

[deafsound]

glad to hear it nick.

 

[tonycondon]

thats fantastic Nick

 

[Tarheel Pilot]

Great news Nick!

 

[AdamZ]

Thats awesome Nick! Its been a bit of a haul but we were all pulling for Erin as you know. Here is to a great future!!

 

[JasonCT]

Great news - will keep her in my thoughts!

 

[ScottM]

That is good to hear. I would hazard a guess that she will do just fine adapting and probably be better adapted than most kids her age. She did, after all, have to face some grown up stuff pretty early on.

 

[Greebo]

That is wonderful news, Nick. The progress being made with Cancer is amazing today. My father is a double survivor: prostate cancer and non-hodgkins lymphoma. 10 years ago he'd have been dead twice.

May your sister have a long and fruitful life!