Happy Birthday, Hayden!!

Our little man is 1 today...and this has to have been the fastest year in history. We celebrated by having dinner at Nani and Papo's house (Josh's parents, Mary & Jerry). Hayden had a fantastic birthday!!

Riley had another great doctor's visit. Her blood counts were all okay. Not all as high as they would like them, but high enough to not need any transfusions. Our regular oncology doctor, Dr. Dreyer was back in town (she has been in India for a medical conference for the last couple of weeks) so we spent the visit talking about what she believes the future will hold for us. They think that we will be able to move down from standard risk to low risk, and be labeled as a Rapid early responder. This is all dependent on how her bone marrow looks next week, but because her last bone marrow was clear...she feels confident in this. She went through our future treatment plans, and as soon as I have a grasp on it...I will pass it on. The best news out of this all is there will be no more steroids for a couple of months, and when we do go back on them it will only be for 5 day stretches. Right now, the steroids are the root of all our evils. The girl is obsessed with eating, and has ballooned out a little. This is all normal, especially when eating so much salty foods. Right now Riley has fallen in love with toast and gravy. Even at 2 in the morning, she wants to get up and eat toast and gravy. Dr. Dreyer said this is also why she is so tired and grouchy all the time...6 days left and counting down.

So, right now everyting is being based upon how her bone marrow looks next week. So, please keep praying for a full remission...meaning no more Leukemia cells.