Second round of Arsenic

Well since the last time I posted Alyssa had her 30th dose of arsenic and had five days off.  Kirk, Kelsey & Bryan came for the weekend and we finally got to celebrate Christmas.  It was so fun to have the whole family together again.  We played games together, watched movies, cooked and just hung out with each other.  Bryan went home on Sunday and Kirk and Kelsey went back today.  Thanks Jeff for the plane tickets!

We went up to the clinic to hear what the next step is.  They told Alyssa that she is in REMISSION!  We were thrilled by that but wanted to know more.  They said that they need to do another round of arsenic hopefully 20 doses.  If all goes well then she can do it for 5 days and 2 days off.  If she skips any doses then we have to give the arsenic when her body will allow.  They wanted to start up again today but I told them by the time that got it all ready we would be leaving the hospital at 9:00 tonight.  They said that we could start tomorrow.


After the 20 doses they will do another bone marrow biopsy and see what is going on.  From the looks of her remission they think that she is on the right road so she can get the transplant from her own bone marrow.  Now that is what we have being wanting to hear.  The doctor was very pleased how she responded to arsenic. 

Alyssa seems very upbeat about this next round of arsenic.  I am having a harder time with it.  I think that I just want my husband here with me.  I had a hard time saying goodbye to him today.  Tomorrow will be a better day.  I am just glad that we got some good news today.