Well it's been awhile and a lot has happened over the last month! The Light the Night Walk at the Auto Club Speedway on October 28th was a HUGE success! Roxanne did an AMAZING job putting this event together and over 5,000 people were there for this first time event at the facility. The Leukemia Lymphoma Society was very excited with the results and they can't wait for next year! TEAM ALINA raised just over $9,000.00 towards the fund raiser and the event raised approximately $450,000 for cancer research! It truly was a successful event and we are excited to be a part of the goal to " end all blood cancers". Alina spoke on stage during the event, and Team Alina had a group of friends, family and co-workers who all walked the 2.3 miles to help end blood cancer. Halloween was a great night for the kids. Although it was on Monday night we still took them out around the block in their costumes and trick or treated for a little fun for the evening. Alina was a green witch, Aubrey was a cowgirl, and Bryce chose Superman. The kids continue to do well at school and in pre-k and have settled into their groups of friends. Aubrey turned five on November 14th and we had a small party at the house with her friend from school Sophia coming over for the jumper and piñata breaking. The kids had a fun day and Aubrey was happy to be able to play in her Star Wars themed jumper and birthday party. Alina has been doing well at school and continues to excel in reading and writing. Math takes a back seat yet she still performs well. Her report card was all O's for outstanding and we are very proud of her! Alina's treatment has continued with only a minor adjustment during the middle of October due to her low ANC counts, but since then she has been doing great and now we are within 25 days of FINISHING her treatment protocol!!! We will be going in on Monday December 5th for her last "silly medicine", and the weeks worth of steroids. As of today Alina's last chemotherapy pill will be on Friday December 23rd which will be an AMAZING CHRISTMAS PRESENT for her and all of us who have been praying for her to complete this journey. We can't believe it has already been over two years of treatment, hospital stays, emergency room visits, over 150 blood thinner injections at home for the blood clot treatment, and endless days and nights of worrying about keeping her healthy. Yet now we are less than a month away from ending the treatment stage and enter the five year blood testing phase. Alina will have blood tests done once per month for the first year, every other month the second year, once every three months in the third year, once every four months in year four and twice in the fifth year. About 27 blood tests in all to confirm that she is cured. At the end of those blood tests when she has been free of any cancer, she is considered CANCER FREE!! God is good!!! We can't thank you all enough for your continued prayers and support!! We love you very much and can't wait to celebrate Alina's final chemotherapy treatment!! Love,
The King Family