Clean Scan & Clean House

Almost as an afterthought, we received the CT scan report showing that Andrew has no signs of cancer in his body. This is exactly what they were expecting, hence the nurse practitioner's casual, "Oh yes, I need to print out your scan results. I'm sure they're fine...."  Now Andrew has graduated from Hopkins care and won't need to be back until December 13th for a check up with the head doc! The real next big event will be the 6 month more in-depth scan in late March.
Andrew will still be receiving Rituxan on Wednesdays through early December. (He just can do this in Virginia, not Baltimore!) And we learned from last week's dismissal class that he is still quite vulnerable to infection and needs to avoid, among other things, crowds in enclosed spaces, sick people, construction zones, exposure to the sun, and sushi.  So we are working hard to keep a germ free house and are keeping a list of movies & restaurants we'll enjoy once we're allowed out.

The happy END of the XC State Championships Meet

Thanks for trekking with us.  We feel the tide turning and are ever grateful.  Of course, there will be many more scans to come.  The journey isn't over.  But we feel incredibly blessed right now, all the same, like the page is turning from one (long, grueling) chapter to the next.  It seems, as Winston Churchill famously said: "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."