Minnesota radio personality Jordana Green shocked her listeners Tuesday by revealing that she is battling a rare form of leukemia. Green who co-hosts the Paul and Jordana Show on Entercom’s WCCO began receiving chemotherapy this week.
Green told her audience that she knew something was wrong because she had not been feeling well for several months. “I noticed some large bruising on my legs but didn’t remember bumping myself. Tuesday, Oct 20, I went for some bloodwork. That night my doctor called and said I needed to go to the ER as my platelets were low.”
Green said she suffers from T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia – a rare form of leukemia that the Mayo Clinic describes as being the most common type of cancer in children, though it can also occur in adults. “Normal platelets are 150,000+, mine were 19,000. They admitted me, did a bone marrow biopsy and 12 hours later told me I had leukemia.”
Green moved to Minnesota from New Jersey in 2001 where she worked at Fox 29, which became UPN. In 2011, she started freelancing and a year later landed at WCCO. Her treatment process will keep her away from the station for a month. She said she plans to phone-in periodically when she is feeling well.
Green thanked her friends and family for their support. “I am truly humbled and grateful.”
