We are finally done with Intensive Chemo!!!! It's been a long and intense six months.

We have been to the hospital 10 out of the last 12 days!! Alex will begin the maintenance phase of his treatment next week. The doctor said they will do a PET CT scan in a couple of weeks to make sure there is no sign of cancer. He still needs to be on the blood thinner until after the scan. Alex wants the port-a-cath removed but the doctor here suggested we do that back in the US as it is not something that is done regularly here. I was surprised to hear him tell me that, but I am glad he was honest enough to suggest it.

The main thing now is to get Alex over the nausea. He is so sensitive to the medication and the whole psychological thing (anticipatory nausea) makes it difficult to treat. Most people do not have any nausea in maintenance so we hope that is the case for Alex.

In the meantime, Alex still needs to be careful as it will take a few weeks for his counts to come back up and for his immune system to be back up to where it should be. He's looking forward to getting back into shape. You should see his legs. I wish I had his legs....so skinny!!! But he would prefer some muscle tone.

We have been so blessed through this journey thus far. The peace that our faith brings has been incredible. I have felt the presence of my Heavenly Father every step of the way!!! Your prayers, good wishes and positive thoughts have carried us through and the numerous acts of kindness have made going through this so much easier. Rarely have Alex and I had to make the journey to the hospital alone. Both in Utah and here in HK, people have insisted on taking us to our appointments (even when taxi's here in HK are plentiful). The notes, phone calls, yummy treats, flowers and gifts have been such lift to all of us!!!

Continue to join us in our prayers for Alex as we are not entirely done with the journey, but at least the hard part is done!!