Monday, November 21, 2022

remission

Yes! To the best news ever finally received

After waiting many long months to hear it

Your surgery was a complete success

My sweet daughter is in remission at last


Finding myself on unfamiliar ground

To be given cause for a huge celebration

Not used to what I wish for coming true

More practiced with loss and disappointment


It’s really amazing how it worked out

After the first surgery failed with a grim outlook

How you found the one surgeon in the world

To go back in and remove the brain tumor


This happy day arrived not entirely unexpected

Subjectively reading your own well being

What you already sensed feeling much better

An awareness the blood work results confirmed 


Following the third test in as many months

Tracking a trend that should continue

As the once elevated level declines further

Opening the prospect of a promising future


Free from anxious worry about progression

Free from fraught treatment decisions

Free from frequent medical appointments

Free to resume your life much wiser now