Great results!!

It's been a while since my last post. Sorry. It's been a busy week(s). Cancer is still here but it's slowly becoming part of our lives, not all of it. We still have 3 young kids that don't stop needing food, love, fun, structure, assurance, rides, cubs, piano lessons, school routines.....etc. We are LIVING with cancer and a house full of little kids is living.
On the cancer front, Josh is doing great! Not just good, great! We are so blessed and humbled because we know that our prayers have not been the only ones headed to the ears of our father in heaven. I know that your faith has been used and your prayers have been answered. We feel them all. Josh's latest test results came back with astonishing results. Since our last post Josh quickly jumped on full dose tasigna. Four pills everyday. Two in the morning and two at night. He's taking them like a champ. He hasn't had any really serious side effects, some bone pain, a rash in his beard area, little compared to our morning of vomit a few weeks ago. These side affects are easily treated with hydrocortizone cream and Tylenol. Josh took full dose meds for 9 days and went in for a blood test....His white blood count went from 461 to 116!!!!! Normal is 6-12. We are definitely heading that way. We are trilled! Other test numbers went down too. Some even normalized! We are well on our way to our first stage of remission where his red and white count are normal. His spleen is slowly shrinking and we expect his side effects to subside as his body gets used to the medication.
So what are we doing to celebrate? We are going to Disneyland! The dr ok'd the trip. He did say that 3 months from now would be better (as josh should be feeling better than he has in years at that point) but Josh wants to go now with the kids and the dr didn't see a problem with that. We will be renting an electric wheelchair for him and Disney promises to pull all the stops so our trip can be magical! We are so excited and so blessed! Josh's mom and sister will be there as extra hands so Josh can go back to the hotel and rest. Following his schedule now, he'll be able to be out all morning through lunch, go back to rest a couple hours then be back out for the evening. Everyday he gets a little bit better and his schedule could change for the better by the time we leave. We are really excited for this trip and feel as though it will be a great boost for our family. It's still a secret for the kids however, SO DON'T SAY A WORD PLEASE! They know of a trip but not where or when. They only know that it requires a plane, bathing suit and will be lots of fun. So, May 6-10 we will forget about cancer and just have fun with our sweet family. Life is good!