Mary Margaret Update

The cancer has not spread to any other area!! We are so thankful for this and so thankful for your prayers. Our Lord is truly the Great Physician!

Mary Margaret has HER2-positive breast cancer. She will have surgery next week which will be followed by 12 months of chemo/treatment. Please continue to keep her, my brother and their children in your prayers.

Prayer Request/Breast Cancer Awareness

My sister-in-law, Mary Margaret Williams, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She is 31 years old and a mother to two beautiful children, Jacob (4) and Lily (1). Please remember her and her family in your prayers. I will be posting updates as we have them.


Remember:


Susan G. Komen for the Cure® recommends that you :

1. Know your risk
Talk to your family to learn about your family health history
Talk to your doctor about your personal risk of breast cancer

2. Get screened
Ask your doctor which screening tests are right for you if you are at higher risk
Have a mammogram every year starting at age 40 if you are at average risk
Have a clinical breast exam at least every 3 years starting at 20, and every year starting
at 40

3. Know what is normal for you and see your health care provider right away if you notice any of
these breast changes:
Lump, hard knot or thickening
Swelling, warmth, redness or darkening
Change in the size or shape of the breast
Dimpling or puckering of the skin
Itchy, scaly sore or rash on the nipple
Pulling in of your nipple or other parts of the breast
Nipple discharge that starts suddenly
New pain in one spot that doesn't go away

4. Make healthy lifestyle choices
Maintain a healthy weight
Add exercise into your routine
Limit alcohol intake

Learning how to do Breast Self-Exam

Women who choose to do breast self-exam should learn how to do so correctly. To find out how to do breast self-exam, ask a health care provider, call the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® breast care helpline, 1-877 GO GO KOMEN (1-877-465-6636) or click here for step-by step instructions.

Family Update

Austin Kieff is doing much better. His doctor said we would need to watch him over the next few months as he would be more susceptible to infection as he recovers from the pneumonia. This is the first week he has really felt good.

He spent Saturday in Auburn celebrating Jacob's 4th and Lily's 1st birthdays. I will post pictures soon (really)!

As for the Baby J on the way, she is doing well. I started medication for preterm labor yesterday. Hopefully it will do what it is supposed to and we will meet our little girl in March. If not, we just pray she waits another 6 weeks or so!

I hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. David is going to spend most of the week with his parents. Austin Kieff and I are going to stick around the house. We may go to Pensacola with my family on Thursday. If you are traveling, we pray that you have safe travels!! Regardless of where you spend the holiday have a safe and wonderful time and know that the Jordan Family is thankful for your friendship.

Football

FBC Fall Festival

Promised pics are coming soon!

I am finally downloading the pictures from he Fall Festival, Trunk-or-Treating and the Homecoming ballgame. As soon as I have them edited, I will post them for viewing.

For those wondering, we are doing well. I go back to the doctor on Nov. 20th, so you can expect a baby update after the appointment.

Will post soon...promise!!

Update

I sent out an email, but there is always the chance that I have missed someone!

David and I have finally told most of our immediate family in person, so we thought we tell our friends and extended family next:

We are expecting a baby girl in March! She was a surprise and we were off to a rocky start, so we have been hesitant to share our news. Our last ultrasound was promising and we are finally getting to that excited stage. I finally purchased something pink last week J.

Austin Kieff is very excited to have a baby sister. He picked out her first Alabama outfit this weekend at the homecoming game. Hopefully we will find a cute Troy outfit at the game this weekend!

I hope you have all enjoyed a wonderful weekend. I will be posting pictures from the Homecoming game soon!