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Welcome to Jessica's Web Page. It has been provided to keep people updated about Jessica's battle with Leukemia. Jessica was diagnosed with pre-B ALL Leukemia on 12/4/2002. On 12/6/2002 she started her chemotherapy treatments. Jessica completed her treatments on 2/4/2005.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:02 AM CST 1/11/2009 – Off Treatment – Month 46
Happy New Year 2009 !
It’s been a year since our last update. Not much new to report – which is a good thing ! The main thing - Jessica has been doing great.
Jessica goes back to CHOP every 6 months now. She gets a full exam and CBC. Her next appointment is in the Spring. Downtown CHOP offers a special Off Treatment program dedicated to detecting and treating late effects from the treatment. At her last appointment everything looked fine.
Jess is in 3rd grade now – and doing well. She’s been doing great in school. Jessica had her First Holy Communion in May. She played soccer again in the fall. And this winter she is playing basketball for the first time. This spring she’ll be playing field hockey. Jess is still in Brownies and having fun. The big thing for this year is that Jess has discovered fashion !! She loves buying clothes and going shopping with Mom. Jess has more clothes than any of us now!
Andrew is in 7th grade now. There’s a lot more school work than last year ! He is doing well – he made the honor roll again this past marking period. Andrew is pretty active in Boy Scouts – he just made the rank of Star (2 more till Eagle). He started taking guitar lessons in the fall (he likes Led Zeppelin!). And since his crew cut over the summer he hasn’t had a haircut !!! (see pic below) This can’t continue much longer …
Chelsea is also in the middle school – in 6th grade. Chelsea is also doing great in school. She was elected to Student Counsel – she is one of only 2 rep’s for the entire 6th grade! And she made honor roll. She’s also in the band (playing flute) and played with the marching band in her first parade. She had another year on the Travel Soccer and is playing basketball now. And field hockey again in the Spring.
We hope this update finds everyone doing well. Wishing everyone all the best in 2009! Thanks for checking in and thinking of us!
Ang, Jess, Chel, Tom, Andrew and DJ – 11/29/2008 More Family Pictures - Click Here!
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