Meghan’s Journey: The Story of Meghan Redenbach: The Teenage Girl Who Showed a Community How to “Man Up” in the Face of Cancer by Meghan Redenbach Page A
Authors: Meghan Redenbach
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everything down and slept all night.
Thursday, May 28
Meg slept in again today as she is very tired. Dr. B came in and said she can go to Darien Lake with her eighth grade class for a field trip. She can go on rides as long as her counts are up and nothing pushes on her mediport. She was thrilled. Her cancer counts also came back good. We have now finished the Doxorubicin for good. That was the medicine we hated the most, because it was red and you could see it going in. Meg woke up around 10:00 a.m. and was hungry. I went down and got her fruit, yogurt and granola. She said it was good. After she was done with that she sent me for breakfast pizza, and she had graham crackers too. After she was done eating she wanted lemonade. So it was back to the cafeteria. She then got dressed and wanted to sit in the courtyard. After the courtyard we went into the gift shop and Meg looked around and tried on some jewelry. Then we went up to the room to drop some things off, and Meg wanted to go to the cafeteria for some lunch. She had another lemonade and stuffed potato and bacon soup. I think she might be full.
On the way back to the room we went to the movie room and picked out movies. She, of course, picked out “Grease” and then fell asleep halfway through. Kristin came in and watched the rest of the movie. Meghan decided after the movie was over that she wanted to go play games, so Kristin, Meghan and I went to the Lion’s Den and played “Sorry”. Kristin played two games and then had to leave. It was 5:00. Meg and I played three games, and she won one game. Soooo…Sorry.
We came back to our room at 6:00 p.m. because Meg was getting tired. I watched the news and she went on her laptop. She got her Ativan around 5:45 p.m. We watched Jungle Book. Meg wanted me to sleep in her bed while we watched it. She was a little loopy. They gave her Zofran, Decadron and Benadryl before chemo. She fell asleep around 10:00 and they started chemo at 11:00 p.m. She had her last bag of Ifosfamide. Yeah!!! She slept through the night. We now are done with all the bad treatments. I am excited about getting out of here tomorrow, and so is Meghan. It is like being in jail with nice people.
Friday, May 29
Meg is still sleeping at 9:00 a.m. The resident was in and said she could go home today. Meg did roll over and ask for hot chocolate and sugar cookies. Her two cancer numbers went down (C-125). They did blood work this morning just to make sure she doesn’t need to be transfused. Mike will be here around 11:00 a.m. or so. Dr. B came in at 9:15 and said Meghan could leave when her paperwork is done. Meg woke up conveniently after the doctor left. Meg received her last dose of Zofran and Decadron at 12:00. We were out of the hospital by 12:15. Meg had a craving for steak and steak quesadillas, so we stopped at Applebee’s, and she had a little of everything. When we got home she just rested because she wanted to go to Mike’s baseball game. She was feeling great. She ate and drank a lot at the game. We got home around 11:00 p.m. and we hooked her up to fluids and sent her to bed. She was ready.
Saturday, May 30
Meg got up feeling pretty well. She had a big breakfast, but we found out later that bacon doesn’t mix well with chemo. She felt kind of yucky all day. She didn’t eat or drink much of anything. She then had a craving for tuna salad, so at 9:00 at night I was making tuna salad. We didn’t hook her to fluids today because she seems to think that is what is making her sick. It feels like she has heartburn. She didn’t throw up. She went to bed at 11:00 p.m. and slept through the night.
Sunday, May 31
Meg got up around 10:45 a.m. and felt much better than the day before. She had blueberry Toaster Strudel; we will see what happens. She had two bowls of tuna salad, and now she is in the shower. We are going grocery shopping today and to Walmart.
We weren’t gone very long because Meg got really tired. We came home and she took a
Thursday, May 28
Meg slept in again today as she is very tired. Dr. B came in and said she can go to Darien Lake with her eighth grade class for a field trip. She can go on rides as long as her counts are up and nothing pushes on her mediport. She was thrilled. Her cancer counts also came back good. We have now finished the Doxorubicin for good. That was the medicine we hated the most, because it was red and you could see it going in. Meg woke up around 10:00 a.m. and was hungry. I went down and got her fruit, yogurt and granola. She said it was good. After she was done with that she sent me for breakfast pizza, and she had graham crackers too. After she was done eating she wanted lemonade. So it was back to the cafeteria. She then got dressed and wanted to sit in the courtyard. After the courtyard we went into the gift shop and Meg looked around and tried on some jewelry. Then we went up to the room to drop some things off, and Meg wanted to go to the cafeteria for some lunch. She had another lemonade and stuffed potato and bacon soup. I think she might be full.
On the way back to the room we went to the movie room and picked out movies. She, of course, picked out “Grease” and then fell asleep halfway through. Kristin came in and watched the rest of the movie. Meghan decided after the movie was over that she wanted to go play games, so Kristin, Meghan and I went to the Lion’s Den and played “Sorry”. Kristin played two games and then had to leave. It was 5:00. Meg and I played three games, and she won one game. Soooo…Sorry.
We came back to our room at 6:00 p.m. because Meg was getting tired. I watched the news and she went on her laptop. She got her Ativan around 5:45 p.m. We watched Jungle Book. Meg wanted me to sleep in her bed while we watched it. She was a little loopy. They gave her Zofran, Decadron and Benadryl before chemo. She fell asleep around 10:00 and they started chemo at 11:00 p.m. She had her last bag of Ifosfamide. Yeah!!! She slept through the night. We now are done with all the bad treatments. I am excited about getting out of here tomorrow, and so is Meghan. It is like being in jail with nice people.
Friday, May 29
Meg is still sleeping at 9:00 a.m. The resident was in and said she could go home today. Meg did roll over and ask for hot chocolate and sugar cookies. Her two cancer numbers went down (C-125). They did blood work this morning just to make sure she doesn’t need to be transfused. Mike will be here around 11:00 a.m. or so. Dr. B came in at 9:15 and said Meghan could leave when her paperwork is done. Meg woke up conveniently after the doctor left. Meg received her last dose of Zofran and Decadron at 12:00. We were out of the hospital by 12:15. Meg had a craving for steak and steak quesadillas, so we stopped at Applebee’s, and she had a little of everything. When we got home she just rested because she wanted to go to Mike’s baseball game. She was feeling great. She ate and drank a lot at the game. We got home around 11:00 p.m. and we hooked her up to fluids and sent her to bed. She was ready.
Saturday, May 30
Meg got up feeling pretty well. She had a big breakfast, but we found out later that bacon doesn’t mix well with chemo. She felt kind of yucky all day. She didn’t eat or drink much of anything. She then had a craving for tuna salad, so at 9:00 at night I was making tuna salad. We didn’t hook her to fluids today because she seems to think that is what is making her sick. It feels like she has heartburn. She didn’t throw up. She went to bed at 11:00 p.m. and slept through the night.
Sunday, May 31
Meg got up around 10:45 a.m. and felt much better than the day before. She had blueberry Toaster Strudel; we will see what happens. She had two bowls of tuna salad, and now she is in the shower. We are going grocery shopping today and to Walmart.
We weren’t gone very long because Meg got really tired. We came home and she took a
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