Remission

Titus is in Remission! But what does this mean?

33 days after Titus’ diagnosis, we get a call from his Doctor today saying that the results from his bone marrow aspiration (done Friday 3-30-12) was negative. This means he is in remission and on schedule with his treatment! Praise God!

Remission of the leukemia is when there is no longer any visible evidence of cancer cells. His doctor describes “remission” as if you are looking at an iceberg…and you can no longer see it on the surface. Just because it isn’t seen, doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Since we have now reached remission, the maintenance chemotherapy starts, which in Titus’ case is 3 years long. The treatment plan over these next 3 years is to keep Titus in remission (If you read my post “treatment map” I have detailed his treatment over the next 3 years).

Thank you for all of your prayers so far! We have a long way to go in this journey of healing so please continue to pray!