Good news!

Late this afternoon, as Laura and I were doing laps around the floor, we noticed Dr. Tongol entering Laura's room. When we got down there, he had wide eyes and an excited air about him. He ushered us into her room to share the report he had in his hands: the bone marrow biopsy results.

Originally, there was some suspicion that the leukemia she has now was caused from the chemotherapy she received as part of her breast cancer treatment. Today, Dr. Tongol told us it was NOT caused by the chemo... Which, though it doesn't sound so great, is good news afterall.

Turns out, that Laura has Acute Myeloid Leukemia with T(8;21) which "is usually associated with a good response to chemotherapy and a high complete remission rate." And, THAT is good news!!

As I understand it, this particular type of leukemia is easier to keep in remission. (That's what I'M talkin' 'bout!)

And, so, we thank Dr. Jani for finding the leukemia so fast. And, we thank Dr. Tongol for all he's doing to make this disease go away. And, we thank the nurses and all of the hospital staff for taking such good care of her.

And, we thank God for the good news of today.

Amen.

(Nurse Carolyn, Dr. Tongol, and Miss GFW, herself!)