Byline: KATE GURNETT Staff writer
COLONIE -- She's just a little girl. But to the 25 supporters who cheered her arrival at Albany Airport, 9-year-old Jasmine Johnson was a walking symbol of life.
Walking bright-eyed but slowly up the ramp in a red dress and white surgical mask, Jasmine was met Sunday with balloons, kazoo music, posters and hugs.
Her grip on life is stronger these days after a four-month stay in South Carolina, where she underwent high-dose chemotherapy and a second bone marrow transplant.
``She's just happy to be home. She couldn't sleep last night,'' said Margaret Searcy, a family friend who stayed in South Carolina with …
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