JORDAN IS 14!

Hi All.
Jordan is progressing so well. We are all so proud of her. She continues therapies; Occupational therapy, Speech therapy, physical therapy, theraputic riding, and theraputic swimming. She has appointments pretty much 5 days a week now & Saturday mornings. Her stamina is getting better as she can do more without getting so tired during the day. She has met her teacher for next year "Mrs. Doody" and has met some students that will be in the class with her. We have taken a couple of trips to school. Jordan loves going there! She misses the students and teachers a lot.
We went to the talent show and she is going on a class cruise this Friday that she is very excited about.
In the fall, Jordan will enter 8th grade at WMS. She will probably only go to a couple of classes per day and by the end of the year will hopefully be attending school all day.
She has started walking with a walker that she has decorated with help from me......we call it "Flower Power"! She walked into her Rehab. today and surprised everyone! It made me want to cry. I thought this day was still a long way off. Her short term memory seems to be getting better everyday. There are days when Jordan wants to give up but she does not want to spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. She understands that she must work hard to get there. She has really worked very hard to get this far. She has lots of people telling her what she has to do and some days are better than others. She gets angry but not as often as she used to.
She turned 14 on May 25th. We had a family birthday party/cookout to celebrate at the camp on Little Sebago. She got a new puppy and named him Colby. He is a black lab like Dillon was only I think Colby is going to be much bigger. He is very cute and sweet but has puppy teeth and is a puppy to the fullest! I let Jimmy take care of him!! He likes to sleep with Jordan. Biscuit is extremely jealous and so far will not accept him as part of the family. I hope this will change. Colby is a good distraction for the three of us. It gives us something else to focus on. Jordan has been in the 4-wheeler a couple of times. We have gone to Aunties house, Brad & Katies and Eric's new house by trail. It is fun and exciting that we are all so close. We have been back to the Barbara Bush Wing many times for visits. It is so good to see all of the people and to know we are "just visiting" and can go home. We miss them all but are glad as to not have to stay there. We even try to visit in SCU-2 as well so that they can see the progress she is making. I don't think they mind and I want them to always be a part of Jordans life as they are the ones that saved it! We count our blessings every day and are so very greatful to everyone for their support!

We are looking forward to a good summer. Jordan will continue all of her therapies and tutoring for the summer. We hope to put up a round pen out back so that Kachina could come up to Maine and spend a weekend with Jordan! She would really enjoy that. She has been riding Tuffy @ It Takes Two Farm during her weekly lessons. She even trotted a little yesterday. It was fun to see. I hope that you will all come visit her. She gets on this blog now and reads them on her own. She also misses getting mail so feel free to write to her if you want to.
Jordan Emerson, 325 Tandberg Trail, Windham, ME 04062
Phone: 892-1106 Mom's Cell: 894-5319

Thank you all! Love: Jordan, Brenda & Jim Emerson