"It has been A LONG time since I have posted an update on Adler's page, but I just personally wanted to let each and every one of you know how grateful I am for the countless ways you have shown your love and support to Adler and to our family since Adler was diagnosed in May.
Today was a big day. Adler got his last dose of chemotherapy in the course of his treatment. Maintenance will include chemo...but PRAISE GOD THE HARD PART IS OVER!!! Leaving clinic today (in record time by the way) was surreal. When we arrived I had tears in my eyes because I could see rounds occurring on the oncology floor. It took me back to May and those hours that WE waited for all fifteen of those people to come to Adler's room to visit us. The waiting, the uncertainty, the terror in my heart, the calm knowing God would be with us. Today I cried all the way home because I am so thankful to God for the bold ways God has demonstrated His presence with us. Adler said, "Mom, it's okay to cry. It's not good to try to hold it in." Ah the lessons he has learned. God has preserved Adler every single second of this ordeal, and today has been full of reflections of what is behind us. I haven't done much looking forward in 2010, and I haven't felt much like looking back...but today I've done a little of both. I wish I could look each of you in the eyes and tell you personally thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you for being God's hands in action. Thank you for lifting us up in constant prayer, for crying with us on those hard days, for celebrating with us on days like today. You have loved us through each step of this journey, and I wanted to let you know that my tears of joy today were tears of gratefulness to God and to you."