Short Version:

Tears of joy and relief - we got remarkable news last week! Oscar's immune function is back within "normal range". This means, effectively, that he's cleared the woods, and is now back on his path as before. Since May he's set himself up in a rental house, started a long-term paid intership, and gotten back to college in person this fall. It was a blessing to hear that he's back on track. We are grateful to all of you who supported us along the way!

Long Version:

Since the last post in May, we've been waiting to get results of the immune function tests. Oscar was going to the clinic in Milwaukee about every month to six weeks, but the blood draws for his immune function test kept getting messed up, so we were not able to get results. The last immune function test they had him scheduled for was earlier this month. While they didn't give him specific numbers for his T-cell count, the nurse practitioner that's been managing his case since the beginning used the phrase "within normal range" which, of course, was huge.  

Between the last post and now, he moved back to Rock Island, Illinois to a rental house in June. He started a long-term paid Physics research internship with one of his professors at Augustana College (which continues during the school year), and so was able to spend his summer working from home like all the rest of us! He started his in-person college classes after Labor Day, and has so far been doing well with that. He was already happy and optimistic about this semester, and now he's relieved, and excited too.  

I probably won't post much anymore on this thread since, in essence, this is the end of this story. We have been and continue to be immensely grateful to all of you for your support, your love, your prayers, good energy, positive vibes, financial help, cards, letters, emails, texts, and every other good thing that came from you over these last 28 months (yes it's been that long...). You have blessed us! Thank you so much!