"But I was unconscious and when I regained consciousness all I saw was my parents and two ambulance officers. They took me to Tauranga Hospital and I was diagnosed with insulinoma.
"The doctors [initially] thought I had diabetes because it runs in the family, but they didn't know what it was," Jordan said.
Jordan was sent to Waikato Hospital where scans revealed the cause of the unconsciousness.
"The doctors found a tumour in my pancreas. They said tumours like that are usually found in adults. I was nervous.
"I was scared, but the doctors said they could get it out," Jordan said.
Jordan had the operation and about a week later the family found out the tumour was benign.
"It was a relief," he said.
The ordeal forced Jordan to pull out of the Easter basketball tournament at North Harbour and he also missed out on the Tauranga City representative trials, returning to the game seven weeks after surgery.
Head coach of the U15 Boys A team Maine Johnson said Jordan bounced back very quickly and was a pretty talented player.
At the time of the diagnosis Jordan was playing for the B team and three weeks ago he played for that team in the Sport Bay of Plenty U15 Baywide tournament.
Now he is playing guard for the A's in the premiership tournament, which includes the one played at the weekend.
The Tauranga Boys' College Year 10 student also plays in the school's Junior A volleyball and touch rugby teams and is in the high-performance sports class.
"Sport is my life and dad and mum support me all the way," he said.
As well as his sporting achievements, Jordan is in an accelerant class at school, studying NCEA Level 1, Maths, Science and Geography.
In the future he would like to have a career in basketball and will try to get a scholarship to a university in the United States.
