Gentry's bone marrow biopsy came back clear which is great. He is not showing cancer cells in his bone marrow right now! We are so happy that the induction chemo worked so well and so quickly. This does mean that he is officially in remission but it does not mean that he is done with treatment, we have only cleared the first hurdle. We met with Dr. Rosen today and he gave us the treatment plan for the next 2 1/2 years. That means he will almost be 6 years old before he will have completed all the treatment. The round of treatment we are starting is for the next 6 months. He will take a medicine every day by mouth (he will actually take this the entire 2 1/2 years) and have to have blood drawn weekly to check his levels. Starting Jan. 20th he starts chemo which will include a spinal treatment and a 4 hour treatment in Dr. Rosen's office, then we go home with more chemo meds, a pump that will be hooked to him and a little backpack that will have all the equipment in it that we will need at home. Then he has to go back to Dr. Rosen the next two days, Jan. 21 & Jan. 22, for 1 hour treatments. He will also have to take a liquid vitamin that is crucial in controlling the chemo he gets during the 4 hour treatment. The next week he is back on steroids for 7 days and will also receive a quick chemo treatment through his central line. Then 2 weeks later we start the process all over again...for the next 6 months!  Needless to say we are very overwhelmed. It was a lot of information to process  and we have to remind ourselves that Gentry is still sick but better than he was a month ago and is on the road to recovery. He is still handling everything so well. 

On top of all this my due date is still Jan. 21 right in the middle of the first week of this new round of chemo. We all went to the OB today after Gentry's appointment and she will induce me next week, Wed., Thurs., or Fri. It's my decision whether I want to be induced or wait it out. She said her daughter did not have many side effects from this round of chemo but she would hate to see me go into labor right before it starts or during it. Dr. Rosen said even if I am in labor, Gentry has to be in his office on Jan. 20 to get started. She said I didn't have to decide today and in my opinion it would just be easier for her to make the decision for me. My brain is on complete overload! On a lighter note, Gentry really got a kick out of hearing the baby's heartbeat today. He was also quite the ham at the dr. office, even saying that Jerry has the biggest belly in our house right now. It was hysterical! I will let everyone know what we decide about the baby. Please keep up the prayers. We know they are working and so thankful for the wonderful support we have received from everyone.