Recovery

Well, friends, we are reaching a milestone in this journey. Joshua was released from the hospital on Friday after receiving his last treatment of the delayed intensification phase, or the "rough 8 weeks" as we have been calling it. The chemo he got on Friday will not really affect his blood counts until about a week after its administered, and at that time will probably cause fever and make us have to check into the hospital again. But at least we know that we will be checking in to recover from the bad 8 weeks.

Where do we go from here? Well, we're not exactly sure. His treatments will continue for another 2 to 2 and a half years, but they will become increasingly less frequent. We will also in the next couple of weeks have another bone marrow test to know exactly where we sit in his overall progression of healing and battle against leukemia. So there is still alot to go.

But today, Easter Sunday, Resurrection Sunday, is a day to celebrate. Joshua feels fine. He looked for Easter eggs today. He put on his Superman outfit and battled the forces of evil that reside in our couch cushions, all the while yelling, "He is alive! He is alive!" I'm pretty sure Joshua doesn't really know what that means (if indeed any of us really do), but maybe in some way his experience is a tangible reminder that Jesus was, is, and will be making all things new.