Yearly Archives: 2009

Modeling Clothes is Fun! I think the news is finally setting in. My clue: she tells everyone that her cancer is gone. Friends. Family. Complete strangers. Sometimes I think she says it just to remind herself. The list of things … Continue reading →

Belly Laugh | While not her most flattering photo, her parents love it because she’s laughing. May she laugh for many years ahead! It was like old times. When I awoke this morning, I challenged myself to make a great … Continue reading →

The news is actually better than I imagined. Jordan’s doctors are now very confident that what we see in the MRI scans is actually scar tissue. Based on the few patients similar to Jordan who have reached this stage and … Continue reading →

Jordan did AMAZING today. She was so mature at handling everything, which is unbelievable considering the tension we all felt about this MRI. She let them access her port without any pushback. In fact, Jeanette said that when they came … Continue reading →

Tomorrow is a big day. Jordan will have her first MRI since stopping chemo in September. Though she tries to be nonchalant about it, we can tell she’s nervous. We are, too. So much has been going well, we have … Continue reading →

Jordan: Bacon-Lover By the time my preparation of the Sunday breakfast fixings was complete, she lumbered down the stairs. As usual, she was ready to go from the time of waking. I barely had a moment to say good morning … Continue reading →

Jordan in Scrubs The nurse walked right by Jordan. She looked around the waiting room curiously and then asked Jeanette where she was. Jeanette pointed to the vending machines where Jordan stood wearing her favorite pair of scrubs–the ones she … Continue reading →

She’s doing well, no new episodes. She will see her neurologist next week. The doctors don’t seem as concerned as us. That makes me antsy, because I don’t like waiting. But we’ll have real data to evaluate next week. In … Continue reading →

It’s Tolstoy’s fault. Or maybe Dickens. Shakespeare didn’t help either. I suppose if we’re really pointing fingers, you’d have to include the Greeks and all those cavemen who told stories by firelight. I thank them all for sometimes dashing my … Continue reading →

The Lovepug Fewer words on the blog always means the same thing: progress. I must admit, I’m a little reticent to say much every tenth month of the year. It’s one of my favorite months, but for so many years … Continue reading →