Here We Go......ALL CLEAR

Friday, August 24, 2012

The call came in today......

 

Dillon is CLEAR OF ALL CANCER at this moment in time!!!!!  The mass is COMPLETELY GONE and his bone marrow is clear.  Breathtaking.  Even the doctors are a bit shocked. 

SOOOOO...off to Denver we go on Monday.  Sean, Luca, Dillon and I will drive up Monday.  We will get settled in our little apartment, get unpacked, get groceries, etc.  On Wednesday my parents will come up, stay for a day, and then bring Luca and Sean back to home to get ready for the first day of school.

The first thing people ask is..."If the cancer is gone, why does he still need a transplant."  The basic answer is this.....Dillon's cancer is rare and aggressive.  It will almost surely come back at some point without transplant; but with transplant he has the opportunity to actually be CURED and not have the lymphoma return.  As the doctor said to me on the phone.....we have to hit a home run the first time up to bat in a case like this.

I am sure you have a zillion questions.  Please write to me or comment or even call...cuz I am in packing mode and I just don't know what else to talk about right now.  Maybe more will come to me in the next day or so.