Blessings and More Blessings

Today we got two pieces of good news.

First of all, Devin's teacher was given permission to let me sit with Devin during her testing. Not only that, but Devin can whisper the answers to me. This is particularly important because, as you know, Devin will not talk to her teachers. (She has anxiety with the teachers). She talks with the kids in front of the teachers, but she will not talk to the teachers. I had asked her teacher at the Parent Teacher Conference if we could do this, and she said she would have to check with her supervisor, and she did, and was given the ok. So far, most of her test scores are 0 because she won't talk to her teachers.

Not only that, but the supervisor is going to bring some sort of tape recorder thing (not entirely sure what this is) that I can take home and have Devin record her voice for the Chart Calling. Then when it's her turn to be the Chart Caller, instead of saying it, she can push the buttons to have her voice play on the recorder while she moves the chart around.

The second piece of good news is that Darin had his doctor appointment today, and it is very encouraging. He has been going to the doctor every 3 months for the last 2 years (well, ok, it's more like the last 4), and now he gets to extend it to every 6 months. That's right, 6 months! Normally this would have been his last PET scan, but there is a new spot on his left knee (not the cancer knee) that lit up, so he has to get one more PET scan. The spot is not in soft tissue, and the doctors are not worried about it. Most likely, they believe, it is the beginnings of arthritis. But, just to be safe, he has one more PET scan in 6 months to see if there are any changes. This is such awesome news. It has been a long road.

With this 2nd year anniversary after his bone marrow transplantation, we hit an important milestone. The likelihood of this cancer coming back after 2 years drops dramatically.

We are truly blessed!