We got the news this week that Micah’s bone marrow biopsy came back all clear!! He’s in total remission, no cancer detected. 😭😅🤗

Next steps in his treatment? Just blood tests every few months, less and less over time.

Long term prognosis? There is an 80% chance the AML will never come back. If it doesn’t come back within 5 years, it most likely never will and he is considered “cured”.

How is he feeling? Relieved! Otherwise, he feels better every day. Dr said it’ll be a few months until he’s back to 100% but he’s well on his way.

How are “we” feeling? So relieved that we slept for hours as soon as we got home from the appointment and have slept a lot since. I compared it to feeling like a deflating balloon but in the best possible way. Our animals are happy. I’m sure they sense our relief so they’re just partying over here.

What’s next for us? We have no idea. Our lives have been on pause for almost 9 months. We’re taking a few days to just breathe easily for the first time in so long. Once the shock wears off after the holidays, hopefully we’ll be able to drive to the beach with the dogs and friends to celebrate. For now, we’re just grateful. 

I’m not able to come up with the words. Constipation of the heart. I don’t know how to thank all of you for your support through this.

You know how at a wedding you think, “the bride and groom are so overwhelmed, they probably won’t remember what I say to them or what dumb dance moves I did.” You’d think it would have been that way for us through this, everything a blur. While that was true of our wedding (alcohol didn’t help that), it wasn’t the case here. Everything was a blur but in a way where every emotion is calcified into a ton of nonlinear snapshots. I couldn’t tell you when you sent the card you did, but I can tell you exactly what you wrote on it and Micah’s reaction to it. All of those snapshots add up to the best case scenario of one of the worst things that a family can go through. One of the worst things with a happy ending. All of you got us to the finish line and I don’t know that either of us would have made it without the unfathomable support we received.

From the bottom of our 2 human hearts, 2 dog hearts, and 2 cat hearts, thank you all so, so much. 

Enjoy the final installation in the series, 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕸𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖕𝖎𝖊𝖈𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝕸𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖍

The (re)Birth of Micah, by Botticelli