Phase III- Interim Maintenance

This phase started today with her usual LP (lumbar puncture, aka "back poke"). There is 2 types of oral chemo pills (mercaptopurine and methotrexate) she will take daily for 4 weeks, then another LP and 4 more weeks of the same chemo pills. So this means less trips to the hospital, therefore, maybe, possibly a bit more "normalcy" whatever that may be. And yes, back to school, if her counts stay good (X -this our crossed fingers for luck). Indies teacher is kind enough to come and tutor her while they are off track, so she will be caught up when they go back on February 5th. She is doing great and catching on to adding and subtracting fractions.