Letters to Andrew: 3C Nurses

Dear Andrew,

The 3C at Blair Batson unfortunately has been the center point of your childhood and your grueling battle with Leukemia.  However, the reality is that 3C is also the source of some of your greatest blessings and joys. Here is your thank you letter for the 3C Daisies! I guess the best way to describe 3C is that on many days through your journey the one place you always felt safe was on 3C. There were times when you actually wanted to be on 3C because it was your home. It's been so many years now that you've actually trained half of your nurses through their final stages of training. They will forever be your nurses.

Dear 3C Daisies,

We can not thank all of the 3C  nurses and staff enough for all the love, devotion, and care that you have given to Andrew and us for four and a half years. We expressed our thankfulness back in the early years with a gift of daises but it has occurred to us that so many who have cared for Andrew during his relapse in 2018 were not around during Andrew’s first years of 3C Life. We give these daisies again with this letter to add all of Andrew’s new nurses and staff to that list. Your care is so special and comforting that he (we) truly prefer being admitted during the times of treatment and uncertainty because being on 3C always gives us strength and hope. It was late on a Friday  afternoon when Andrew’s relapse was confirmed. As Dr. Collier was discussing the potential first steps my first thought was “please admit him tonight” so that he could be with all of his 3C nurses. We were immediately anxious once seeing all of the new faces. But oh the joy and comfort we received as we leaned that 3C was still home and the new faces were just our new additions to the family.

We also want to thank you for the extra care and love you gave to Andrew during his transplant. (and now we have to ADD visits to the ICU) The visits and the encouragement were essential for his journey. A fellow  #ChemoWarrior died during the days of Andrew’s transplant and the loss struck him to his core. Your visits on that day got him through his heartbreak and prepared him for battle again. Andrew misses his nurses. He speaks of all of you often. The greater part of his childhood has been spent on 3C. His fondest memories of life are full of the memories of his 3C nurses.

So we thank you! NEVER DOUBT THE IMPACT, IMPORTANCE, AND NECESSITY OF YOUR WORK!

Thank you,
Team Andrew