Grant's Personal Webpage

Welcome to Grant's Web Page. It has been provided to keep people up to date. Grant was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia on Aug 28, 2003. At 12:30 pm. This has so far been an incredible (in more ways than one) journey, and the support and love from friends and family has been overwhelming. Thank you all. Please check back, as I will update journal entries and photos.





"If a Mom's tears could heal, there would be no kids with cancer"..Darlene

Journal

Saturday, October 28, 2006 8:16 PM CDT

THAT'S ALL FOLKS! THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE. DONE AND DUSTED. IS THAT THE FAT LADY SINGING?

GRANT HAS COMPLETED OVER THREE YEARS OF TREATMENT FOR LEUKEMIA!

He took his very last chemo pills last night. Today is our first full day in over three years that he does not have to take any chemo. We are so thankful and so grateful that things went as well as they did. I always say that we are one of the lucky families. We knew that the cure rate was around 80But what were the chances that we would be in the 20and not the 80And why? Why were we one of the families that made it? Why not Billy? Why not Marco? Why not Tanner? Why not Emily? Why Why Why!!??

I don't know. What I do know, is that we made it. It was horrible, scary, worrisome, terrible and awful. But here we are, done. I just can't say it enough! WE ARE DONE! WE ARE DONE! WE ARE DONE! YIPPEE!!

So the plan now is to go to the clinic every two months for counts. After a year of that, we go to every three months...then every four months...then every six....then once a year. When we go five years, without a relapse, then Grant is considered "cured". Now we have to worry about secondary cancers and other illnesses later in life.

Grant was a trooper and a champion the whole way through. He is pretty excited to be done. He gets it, he understands that the chemo is done. I just hope he gets to feeling better, and soon! He's a little chunkier than when we started this whole journey. But he's here.

Winter is just around the corner, and I thought I smelled a whiff of snow in the air last week. Kate is excited about the upcoming ski season, as am I. Jim and I and the kids have been enjoying the beautiful fall weather for mountain biking and hiking.

I'll probably update this webpage even less now.....if that is possible. Let's all hope and pray that there won't be any reason to do an update. We just want to move on with our lives. We're done.

Thank you all for everything.

Love,
The Pekuri's

Lynne, Jim, Grant and Kate

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Hospital Information:

Mountain States Tumor Institute
St. Lukes Hospital
Boise, Idaho 83704
208-381-2782

Links:

E-mail Author: lpekuri@cableone.net

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