It was like old times. When I awoke this morning, I challenged myself to make a great stack of pancakes. Pancakes have been a Saturday tradition in our house, but I stopped making them months ago because the electric stove in our new place is temperamental and doesn’t cook the batter evenly. I’m quite finicky about my work product. But the kids have been pestering me to make our favorite breakfast and I decided Christmas Eve was as good a time as any to surprise them.

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 had biopsies, the tissue biopsied has been benign. Because there is no evidence of new growth, the doctors believe she really has kicked the disease’s butt. They are so confident, they want to remove her port after she has the leg surgery.

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 in to do the access, Jordan turned to her and said, “do I really have to do this now?” Jeanette said yes and Jordan was 100% cooperative. When it came time to begin anesthesia, Jordan laid down on the table and told the team she was ready to go to sleep.

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 our fingers crossed the scans will give us more to celebrate.

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 before she started rambling action items for the day. Jordan can be quite regimented. She has it in her head that on Sunday she must be served an omelet with bacon and goat cheese.