Team Teagan Update | 3-28
âROUND TWOâ,
The bags are packed, the sitters are line up (except Friday Night)⦠Teaganâs blood counts are at an elevated level.. Which is ideal for her to start this 2nd round of Chemo! We had what seemed our last supper at Red Robin last night, before we throw ourselves back into the confident and capable hands of the Doctors and Nurses at Albany Med. (Iâm trying to pump them up so maybe this time weâll have a slightly better journey⦠the power of âPOSITIVEâ thinking⦠). As many of you know our last trip was ahhh slightly flawedâ¦
We can only hopeâ¦
Teagan has really enjoyed this week at home with the boys and us. Our friend Don from Philly - the Owner of MSI Precision Instruments (PLUG), sent us a couple hospital grade wall mounted hand sanitizer which Tanner really enjoys⦠they make this noise just before it squirts the sanitizer - usually missing his hands and either hitting the wall or floor where Parker eagerly waits for what has become his âbreath-saverâ and boy does he needs it⦠At least the boys are getting in good habits to prepare for Teagan coming home next week with her blood counts at zero⦠If all goes well (and it will) they should be back home late Saturday, they will be home for a few days until Teagan yet again become âNeutropenicâ. Thereâs that big word again⦠Unfortunately they already anticipate sheâll spike a fever and spend a week or back in the hospital. Where Holly and I (mostly Holly), will sleep in a poor excuse of a Chair / Bedâ¦
At our last visit, in an attempt to calm Teagan one night, I climbed into the Crib next to her for a planned few minutes, being completely exhausted I closed my eyes to only awake shortly after to have a ½ dozen Doctors, Residents and Med Students on morning rounds (5:00am) standing all around the bed pondering how I managed to fit⦠I opened my eyes and fell out backwards trying to stand up⦠Iâm sure that will be a conversation in their Med School class â âHow NOT to scare the crap out of a Father sleeping in a Baby Crib 1.0.1â â Well they all had a chuckleâ¦
Maybe people would get âbetterâ faster if they were more comfortableâ¦
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So, wish us luck, keep us in your thoughts and prayers and keep reading.
Juergen, Holly and Kids
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