Though only slightly higher, Jordan’s counts were improved today. She’s allowed to go back to school on the condition that she washes her hands constantly. I would imagine that Jeanette will arm Jordan with a battery of hand sanitizer. At least the stir-crazy girl can get out of the house and get back into circulation. She’s happy about that.

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I haven’t posted for awhile because life has kept me busy. And unfortunately, this will be a brief entry. Jordan went in for her second round of chemotherapy last week. While she handled it with the same fighting spirit we’ve all grown to love, her counts are down this week. In fact, she’s neutropenic, which means we’ll need to keep her out of school and limit exposure to the world around her for a bit until her immune system recovers.

She is back at CHLA today for the second round of treatment with Cytoxan. I’m on the road, getting updates from Jeanette and wishing I was there. Jordan is in a good mood. More to come…

Nearly 60 of them shifted in their seats as she stood front and center, brushing her hair out of her face with the back of her hand. Five dozen fifth grade boys and girls listened as best they could to the smiling sandy blond before them. –OK, I want to tell you about some stuff that is happening to me. And then she told her classmates about cancer and the new tumor and chemotherapy and how she might lose her hair and how she’s going to wear scarves because she shopped at Nordstrom with her dad and how she uses her iPad when she gets the new chemo.