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