Super Puppy Class and Estrogen

Hi Everyone, Day +300

Jordan and Kennedy attended their first puppy class together last night. Jordan is really enjoying this class and I can't wait until they start the introduction to Agility. We think Kennedy will be a natural, she's as quick as lightning and very agile. Probably a good combination to compete in Agility.

We go back to clinic next Monday, 4/16 and we have to visit the Endocrinology department because Jordan's ovaries are no longer working. She will have to start taking Estrogen. This is apparently very common in girls with BMT as the intense chemo kills all of your eggs and the ovaries pretty much dry up. Sounds yucky, but it's a fact.

Hopefully we will again be able to decrease the Prednisone by 2.5 mg. Little by little we are making our way to getting rid of these drugs and letting Jordan's body function on it's own. They haven't yet tested her bone marrow to see if it can fight off a bacteria or virus because she is still on immune suppressant medications and it defeats the entire purpose of the test.

Jordan has started looking at flight schedules to California. She still has the all clear to go visit her dad and grandparents and is very much looking forward to it. After a year in the house, who wouldn't want to get out of dodge? She is taking Kennedy with her on the plane and trying to figure out how she can have her in the cabin instead of in cargo. Can you say.....service dog?

Next month Jordan will turn 17. Wow! It's seems so long ago that we started this journey when I think about her being diagnosed at 15, but in reality she turned 16 right before transplant in June 2006, so it's only really been 14 months.

We still pray for our cancer friends and check on them daily. We are so blessed that Jordan has had an amazing medical staff to get her through this journey, especially with the results that we have had. We are also very blessed to have met so many amazing people along the way. People we will always hold close to our hearts.

Thank you all for checking on her and praying for her continued recovery.

Lots of love,

Katherine

Osteoperosis - Isn't that for old ladies?

Hi there,

It's been awhile since I've updated, but Jordan is doing great.

She only has to go to clinic once a month now! Yeah! Progress is being made.

It turns out that she now has Osteoperosis because of the extended use of Prednisone, so she has to take two new medications to help correct it.

They have decreased her Cellcept again and she is only on 10mg of Prednisone. We are getting there, slowly but surely.

Tonight she starts Super Puppy Class with Kennedy. There is a facility very close to our home called Cool Critters. This class teaches basic obiedence and intro to agility. Jordan wants to compete in Agility with Kennedy. It will be very good for her to be up and moving around, getting a bit of exercise, plus it will be good for Kennedy too.

Thank you for checking in on Jordan. We hope you all have a great week.

Lots of love,

Katherine