Remission!

We got the news last night that JP is in remission! That means he responded to the treatments the way they expected he would. That doesn't mean he's completely free of leukemia cells, but it does mean that approximately 99% of them have been killed. That sounds good, but the doctors told us he probably started with a billion leukemia cells and leaving the 1% still means 10 million cells and it only takes one single cell to keep the cancer ball rolling and take over his body. It's crazy to think that our boy is in remission after just a month of treatment, but we have to spend the next 36-42 months doing chemo anyway. We are officially in the "consolidation" phase, and we still don't know what that means. We'll find out on Tuesday.

For now, we're giggling and making pizza for dinner. Today is a good day.