Whew!

Just a starter post from the mama, here. The past 6 weeks have been a major whirlwind around here! During the winter school break, our little Adam was ill with a fever and cough. I thought it was a virus and would pass in 7-10 days, but it didn't get better, and he became very pale. On Dec. 31, we took him to Urgent Care, where the doctor thought "virus" as well, but because of his pallor, took a quick blood test, where he discovered severe Anemia. He was promptly admitted to the Childrens hospital, where they wasted no time with further blood tests and a bone marrow biopsy. On New Years Day we were given the diagnosis of A.L.L Leukemia. He has a very good prognosis, but a long road ahead of him. After 12 days in the hospital, we came home, and had to turn our lives upside down as our other 3 children and us had to adjust in a big way. We made it through the first month of Chemo, called induction, where 98% of kids with this type of Leukemia achieve a remission by the 28th day. Adam has been a miracle and was in remission at day 14. That helped his bone marrow start crankin out good cells, which is great because he started feeling better and stronger and was able to play with his brother and 2 sisters more. He got a week off last week and on Monday will start phase 2 called Consolidation therapy. This will last 6 months or more, then he will move on to phase 3-maintenance chemo, which is less intense but will last 2-3 years to maintain remission.
All that being said, he has been such a trooper through all this and continues to take it all in stride, like he always has. He's my little ray of sunshine and Hope is such an Angel, I am so glad she wants to take on this project of keeping this blog up for all our family and friends. Thank you for the love and support and prayers on behalf of my little boy and our family. We feel strengthened each day because of it. Keep finding joy in the journey.
-Adam's mom