A big sign outside James Hill Elementary in Murrayvile said "no more chemo, ." 

Identical five-year-old twin brothers Bennett and Weston Openshaw, who have been battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia since 2022, were celebrating a major milestone with their fellow students. 

Weston finished his chemotherapy treatment in August and Bennett was done in October. 

Both boys are in remission. 

鈥淭hey started kindergarten this year, and their school helped us do a little celebration for their end of treatment,鈥� their mom, Alisha told the 91原创 Advance Times following the Monday, Oct. 21 party. 

鈥淭hat was fun for them.鈥� 

The whole family 鈥� which includes dad, Mike, and older brother, Jackson 鈥� are 鈥渏ust kind of relishing in the normalcy of life,鈥� Alisha said. 

Both boys are active, enjoying taking a basketball class and a baseball class, and they keep up with all the other kids, she said. 

鈥淵ou know, you would have never guessed that they spent almost three years fighting for their lives,鈥� Alisha commented. 

鈥淚t鈥檚 heartwarming to be able to see them running around with nothing holding them back anymore. We鈥檙e really enjoying the moments that we get together because for so long, we weren鈥檛 able to see those potential moments,鈥� Mom said. 

鈥淭here was a point in time when we didn鈥檛 think they would live to see kindergarten.鈥�

Both boy still have their implanted chemo ports used to deliver chemotherapy drugs, but they will be coming out as soon as surgery can be scheduled. 

鈥淭hey鈥檙e both in remission and done [with] treatment,鈥� Alisha said. 

鈥淭hey鈥檙e most likely to relapse in that first year off of treatment. So once we get past that first year, then their odds of relapse go down drastically. And then once they are five years out of treatment with no relapse, then they鈥檙e considered cancer free.鈥� 

While Weston and Bennett are done with chemo, the brothers are still coping with the after-effects, Alisha said. 

鈥淎lthough they have the same diagnosis, their treatment protocols were very different. Weston was high risk and Bennett was standard risk. So Weston鈥檚 treatment plan was more intense and he got more chemo and stronger chemo, so it definitely set him back further than Bennett.鈥� 

Her boys are resilient, Alisha said. 

鈥淭hey don鈥檛 really ever get knocked down too hard. Even going through chemotherapy didn鈥檛 really knock them down as far as their personalities and their positivity goes.鈥� 

After a long run of hospital visit and medical treatments, the two are are typical brothers, who love each other, but not without the occasional clash. 

鈥淚 always say that they love hard and they fight hard,鈥� Alisha remarked. 

鈥淭hey are fighting one moment, and loving each other in the next moment. They鈥檙e generally pretty happy boys.鈥� 

She said the family is planning a fundraiser for cancer research. 

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