The Final Post

Hello everyone! Sorry it has been a long, long time since I last shared any update. This one will be short and hopefully the last. Things have been pretty boring on the cancer front for the past couple years of maintenance chemotherapy. Side effects were moderate and predictable like poor ankle flexibility from Vincristine, lower energy due to poor blood cell counts, etc. We made it through two rounds of COVID with minor symptoms. Lochlan progressed through kindergarten and 1st grade without any evidence of learning issues and has been one of the best readers in his class. He finished chemo on August 13th and will get his port out this month. He’s happy and recovering. We won’t know if he’s cured for another few years. For the next year he will still get monthly blood cell checks, then every 3 months the year after that, then every 6 months, then yearly checks for the foreseeable future. We are still so grateful for all of the help that we received and continue to receive from our friends and family. It was tough, but we made it through what will hopefully be the only battle. Fingers crossed. Love the Maupins.