when five becomes six...

well, i know for so long i have had my five favorite girls...and then i met yazmin. and so the group must expand from the 'fab five' to the 'super six'. yazmin is a 16 year old new diagnosis. she is beautiful on the outside, like, stunning and she is even more amazing on the inside. she makes me smile and she makes me laugh and i love her attitude about life. she does whatever we tell her or ask her because she is determined to beat cancer and just go back to living her life. she doesnt do the 'what ifs', but she is still logical and real. she acts 16 and goes to the mall and has an adorable boyfriend and loves to buy shoes and text message and talks about her weight. she lost her hair very quickly, but she is okay with it. she got a gorgeous wig made of real hair and we have so much fun with it. i tried it on and we decided that i am definitely not meant to have dark black hair. i looked very goth...

she has been in the hospital for 8 days this round of chemo and will get her last dose at 4am tonight and go home in the morning. she will come back in 3 weeks for her next round which is 5 days. we have gotten to hang out and be silly and eat chocolate cake and compare notes on everything in our lives. tonight she made me a valentine and it was the sweetest gift. she decorated a glass for me with hearts and beads and filled it with all kinds of fun candy and roses. i have already put it on my bookshelf because i want to see it everyday. i will be sad to get to work tomorrow and know she wont be there, but i am happy that she is fighting this disease so fiercely and i know i will see her in a few weeks. i am glad she can go back to her normal life for a few weeks and just be a junior in high school for a while.

she is so sweet, she goes around and she has introduced herself to our other teenagers with cancer on the unit. her upbeat personality and her energy is contagious and i think its great that she is sharing it with everyone. i have never heard her complain, even the day she was diagnosed she told her entire dance team when they came to visit her and she was calm and collected and straight forward. yazmin refuses to let cancer define her and that is what i love and respect about her.