As Mom and I listened intently to what Dr. Misty and Nurse Julie were saying, I felt my spirits lift higher than they had been in a long time. Apparently, I was in remission and ready to go home. Immediately, Mom and I began to cry and hug one another. I had waited such a long time to hear the words that my doctor and nurse were telling me. This piece of news was the best seventeenth birthday gift that I could ever ask for.