Subj : Re: Childhood Leukemia... 2. To : Ardith Hinton From : Mark Hofmann Date : Sat Jan 17 2015 18:58:37 AH> Anyway, I hear you. Looking back... I gather you got this surprise AH> on April Fool's Day. I could tell you the exact date & time we got it AH> too. But I think what matters is that while you may not be out of the AH> woods yet things are looking up. In my experience most kids achieve AH> remission within days. Not all are able to maintain it, but the longer AH> you & your loved ones hang in there the better the chances are that it AH> will be ancient history in a decade or two. :-) Things have started to return to normal over here. I'm still getting used to going back to our old "normal". The Maintenance Phase lasts until around June of 2016. Mostly just oral meds, but nothing that strong to make him sick. All his hair is growing back already, too. It was a crazy year last year, but I'm glad we keep moving in the right direction. - Mark --- WWIVToss v.1.50 * Origin: http://www.weather-station.org * Bel Air, MD -USA (1:261/1304.0) .