Alex,Ryan and Bryan

Great news yesterday!! Alex's PET CT scan showed "no evidence of residual disease" and "no pulmonary embolism (was) found". It came back all clear so he is I guess "in remission" although no one used that term yesterday. We thought he would begin Maintenance chemo after the weekend as i thought his counts would rise to where they needed to be. We were close after the last blood count but yesterday's counts dropped. The nurses said that was normal and that he probably hadn't "bottomed out" yet. It takes a while for the counts to sort themselves out. So we'll do counts again on Tuesday and go from there. The nice thing about delaying the start of maintenance is Alex doesn't have to take any medication while he is waiting. And he is completely off the blood thinning injections!! It's a nice little break.

On Thursday, our school, Hong Kong International School, hosted St. Baldrick's Day. It's an event where people volunteer to shave their heads and raise funds for childhood cancer research. Students, faculty and staff and even some parents participated. Several of Alex's friends and his former Kindergarten teacher, Cristy Dratz, shaved their heads to raise money. It was a great event and we were touched that many people shaved and donated in support of Alex. I have posted some photos and will post more as I get them.

Once again, thanks for all of your love, support and most of all, prayers!!!!!! We have not traveled this journey alone. We know that our Heavenly Father has been with us every step of the way and that our burdens have been lifted by our Savior Jesus Christ who bore our pains and our sorrows.