Christmas miracles (via a lot of hard work + fight)
16 December 2020At the beginning of the year it was unclear if Tegan (Chicken) would make it to her 27th Birthday. But with a blink of the eye, well OK, more more like 3 big surgeries, 12 rounds of chemo, several covid-19 lockdowns, 100s of bloodtests, steroids' + drugs, countless scans + cameras, pricks, pokes and tests, here we are. Just 2 days out 27, 9 days out from Christmas + almost a year gone by.
And I am so delighted to share some news. Tegan scored a home run at her first game back at softball on Saturday! ;-) Just three weeks post chemo and still with her port in. She led her team to a 10-2 win.
But of course my delight is not limited to softball. We have even more amazing news to share for our Christmas miracle. Tegan has just been given clearance from oncology + a referral for her port to be taken out. Most amazingly she has been told to go and live her life!
Firstly we would like to say a massive thank you to the 1000s of supporters who have donated, brought raffles, helped Tegan out, contacted her, shared her story, been there for support. Without the emotional and financial generosity given to her by family, friends and total strangers we would not have made it this far!
What's next is Tegan is she will go "under surveillance", starting with an annual colonoscopy in January, followed by a CT scan in June. Blood tests carry on monthly and the Doctors will play it by ear. For now Keytruda is on hold. Its a miracle drug that once you start, you need to continue, so it has been left in the cancer weapons arsenal for the future. We all have our fingers crossed that it is not going to be needed, but hope that if it is, our government will have funding in place by then.
So for now it's time to reset, regroup, keep surviving and play more Softball! 😍
With the new year shining upon us full of hope and the dream that treatment is going to be a thing of the past, we will finish this page in January. Please make sure you like Chicken's page on Facebook to stay up to date with her progress: https://www.facebook.com/tegansfight
MERRY CHRISTMAS! THANK YOU + F**K CANCER.
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That is very positive news, Tegan. Keep up the fight and may your Christmas be WONDERFUL and your future bright. Sending love from Dianne and Gordon.