A Wonderful Thanksgiving!

This Thanksgiving our family genuinely had something to be grateful for, as you can imagine it was an emotional one, but with happy hearts. Jordan didn't even throw up once from his chemo the day before. I believe seeing family really brought his mind to a happy place, not to mention we were able to go on our annual trip to the desert with many other family members to ride. Jordan actually rode his quad and loved riding his cousins dirt bike. He did really well for a kid being hit with chemo, we were impressed. It brought back some normalcy in his eyes...there is life after leukemia!

The next round of chemo will be a day earlier than expected. Jordan is do back this Tuesday, he will be admitted to the hospital for a spinal tap and he will also receive 4 other chemo medicines. We will stay in the hospital, hopefully for a short while, depending on how Jordan responds. This is a heavy round that not only consists of medicine given through his pick line, but of taking chemo pills as well. After Tuesday, Jordan will pretty much receive chemo consistently up until approximately December 30Th. If everything goes according to schedule and there are no delays, the aggressive part of therapy could officially end at the end of December and once his counts raise back up, he can start the maintenance phase!

So many people have been commenting on how much of Jordan's hair has been growing back and how good it looks. Today however, we noticed it all over his shirt...they warned us it would start to fall out again. Thankfully, he seems not to care one bit. His weight is at the highest it has been since he was first diagnosed, he weights 63lbs! They continue to do blood work weekly and all seems to be coming back looking as well as can be expected. His spirits have been wonderful and we are seeing his goofy personality come back everyday. We do have some heavy rounds coming up in the next two weeks, so please remember us in your prayers, not only for Jordan but for his big brother Tristen, this takes a toll on him as well, especially with Christmas being so close and us having to be in the hospital and at the doctors so much.

On a much happier note, Jordan is almost done with the aggressive part and that's what we keep our eyes focused on...we never thought we'd see this day!