Hallelujah!     Praising and Thanking God for all his blessings!

“Praise the Lord!     Praise, O servants of the Lord, Praise the name of the Lord!    Blessed by the name of the Lord  From this time forth and forevermore!    From the rising of the sun to it’s going down, The Lord’s name is to be praised.” Psalm 113:1-3 

Today was one of our best days of Bennett’s life! We ended a part of our 3 1/2 year journey today. He had his last iv push of vincristine chemo today! He is very excited and thankful to accomplish this feat.

He started taking prednisone today for the next five days. He will be glad to not have to take the steroids anymore. It really bothered him that the steroids could be weakening his bones. He also had his last methotrexate chemo pills today that he has been taking weekly. He will continue to take his nightly chemo pills of 6mp until Saturday. July 3rd is his last day of taking any chemo or steroid pills!

We pray that God continue to blesses Bennett keeping him in remission forever. We pray that his leukemia will never return and that his body will not ever need any chemo again!

We thank and praise the Lord! We thank all of the nurses and Dr.’s at St Louis Children’s Hospital for taking such good care of him. His Dr. today was celebrating today too. She frequently admits that Bennett’s side effects and issues were challenging at times. Again, we would do any of it all over it again to have Bennett in our life!

Hamilton laying with Bennett at the clinic.

Kari, Bennett's clinic nurse since his first clinic appt.

Bennett ringing the "no more chemo" bell

Dr. Shenoy standing proud with her "miracle" patient.

 Bennett is the first patient to ring the “no more chemo” or “I’ve graduated”bell.  It’s a new thing that they want to start and hadn’t placed on the wall yet.  They asked Bennett to do the honors and before it’s an official fixture to be the first to “ring” the bell.  He received alot of nice items from child life.  His nurse got him a chocolate chip cookie cake.  He received a certificate of completion of treatment from his Dr.  What a day!  It’s almost sooo overwhelming that you’re afraid to get too excited or celebrate too much.

Thank you for your prayers, support and your love through this long  journey.

“Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise.” Jeremiah 17:14