Jordez Walford, 17, and her mum Anthea Walford with matching Child Cancer Foundation tattoos. Photo / Paul Taylor
Jordez Walford, 17, and her mum Anthea Walford with matching Child Cancer Foundation tattoos. Photo / Paul Taylor
For most people, a tattoo on Jordez Walford’s left wrist is the only clue she lives with a brain tumour and is a cancer survivor.
The Flaxmere teenager does all she can to live like any regular teenager - staying on top of her studies and keeping up with herpeers.
“It has not been easy. I think the hardest part was to try and be normal,” she said.
“It is a whole different life going between hospital and school.”
Jordez, 17, was diagnosed with a brain tumour as a baby and has grown up around hospital trips, rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, and even the loss of sight in one eye.
She is still living with her brain tumour, which is too risky for surgeons to remove.
The mother and daughter have the same tattoo. Photo / Paul Taylor
Last year, to mark her cancer journey and also to show her appreciation to the Child Cancer Foundation which has journeyed alongside her, the Flaxmere College student got a tattoo of the foundation’s logo on her wrist.
It is the same tattoo her mother Anthea Walford has worn on her wrist since Jordez was little.
