She had plans to celebrate her 11th birthday. Then her entire family got COVID-19.
BY KAYLA GREEN
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fter having to cancel her last two birthday parties due to unforeseen circumstances, first because her father was sick, last year because a family member died, her mother wanted her eldest's 11th birthday to be special. Then the entire family got COVID-19. Instead of the "Tik Tok birthday sleepover" Alicia Adger planned for Jordan Adger, the two and Jordan's sister stood on their front porch on Patriot Parkway just past Patriot Park in the heat of July as family and friends drove past. Instead of a small group of Jordan's friends and cousins spending the night at a hotel with Alicia, having fun dancing the night away as they film dance videos on the social media platform, she waved as birthday songs floated
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from behind masks out of cars across the yard. "She's always dancing. She was dying for that," her mother said. Horns blared. Dad remained inside, too sick to partake in the surprise birthday parade. Mom recently tested positive after first getting a negative result, and she has felt weak at times. Jordan felt sick for a few days. Jordan's two younger siblings, 6-year-old Jada and 4-year-old Julius, have "been themselves the whole time." Both Alicia Adger and her husband, Julius Adger Jr., live with other health issues, which public health officials have been warning puts
