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On Thursday morning I woke up extra early to ask the nurse if the had our new counts. Remember we were at 400 on Wednesday and needed to get to 500 to go home. Her count was 960! We were going to go home!! Before we could head home, Sofia needed to get her bone marrow aspirate and lumbar puncture with chemo. She was not happy when she woke up and found out she couldn't eat until after the procedure. She just kept crying and asking for her pizza! These steroids take over, big time. We took her over to the procedure room and I held her as they put her under. Watching that happen is one of the worst parts for me. She's so scared when we get in there and than she's out cold in seconds. The procedure was quick and she was already waking when we got to recovery. She quickly asked about her pizza!! When we got back to our room, Sofia got to eat and we began packing up. All the doctors and nurses stopped by in their hats that we gave them and sang with us, again. We gave the doctors all of our remaining hats and asked them to give them to any of the kids who wanted one. We were finally going home! Sofia was so excited to be home! I went straight to the shower and Sofia took an uninterrupted nap. Actually she has been exhausted and has been sleeping on and off since we've been home. Yesterday I received a call from Sofia's Doctor. He said he wanted to call me right away and let us know that he just received the results from her MRD and it came back undetectable! This means the cancer cells are gone and she is officially is remission!!!! We still have two more years of treatment, as they know if you don't keep treating it will come back. It's a marathon and not a sprint, unfortunately. Monday, we go back in and get Sofia's Picc line removed and her port gets put in. Though the port scares me, it will give her a lot more freedom than the Picc. After the procedure we sit down with her Doctor and get our "plan" for our treatment going forward. Sofia is so strong but she has been made stronger by all of the prayers and support from all of you. Thank you doesn't justify what we want to say to everyone! We pray Sofia handles this next phase of chemo well and we can sit tight for the Holidays!!