UPDATE ON DARREN'S COUSIN

Darrens cousins husband, Brent, from Texas called to catch us up on how his son, Jack, is doing with his treatment for leukemia.

Jack has been in the hospital for a week and a half. Fortunately he has the best type of leukemia for a child to get because there is an 85% recovery rate. Right now Jack is responding to chemotherapy and the doctors do not think Jack will have to have a marrow transplant. The most current tests show that the chemo is working because there has been no more growths and looks like some may even be getting smaller already.

Kendra, Brents wife, has had her parents with her down in Texas for about a week now. They are going to be staying until Jack comes home from the hospital which they are all hoping will be next weekend. Jack will have to continue chemo for two and a half years after he is out of the hospital. They are going to have to be careful of what Jack comes into contact with because his immune system will be jeopardized. Because of this, Kendra's parents are going to bring her youngest son back to North Dakota with them to stay for a while until things at home get settled and they know how Jack is going to do.

Brent talked for a while about a bunch of things and how everyone was handling everything. We must have been on the phone for at least an hour or more. It makes me happy to know that their boy may be coming home from the hospital soon.