Friends! Preston has been NED (NO Evidence of Disease) for 6 months. SIX WHOLE MONTHS. He had scans last week and an appointment with Dr. Moore this morning. The nurse actually leaked the report in the online portal to us on Friday – we just didn’t want to jinx anything by saying it out loud.

They will do scans every 6 months from here on out with blood work every 3 months. His numbers look perfect – Dr. Moore feels very good about his progress. He’ll get a colonoscopy every so often, but because there were no genetic indicators of anything in particular, he’ll only need them every few years.

I cannot possibly express the relief it is to get this information heading into the holidays. As I’ve said many times before, I can never fully relax knowing that recurrence is always a possibility. But, to know that we don’t need to have “scanxiety” for at 6 months is the best Christmas gift I could have asked for.

November has been a busy and fun month for us. Preston and I escaped to Nashville to spend a few days together. We haven’t taken such a trip since before Conor was born. We went to museums, listened to music, saw the Opry at the Ryman, went to a craft fair, hung out with our friend Mike and ate and ate and ate. 🙂 We had a fantastic time!

For Thanksgiving, we will stay in Raleigh. Last year, we had to out of necessity, but this year, it’s nice to just be home and have family visit. (Though, that reminds me that I need to clean up the house a bit.)

Thanks to all of you and a very Happy Thanksgiving to you all.