CHICAGO (WLS) — Wives and girlfriends of White Sox gamers spent Wednesday packing care packages to assist households going by medical remedy.
The trigger may be very close to and pricey to at least one participant’s coronary heart.
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White Sox outfielder Mike Tauchman says his daughter’s situation has been very troublesome for his household.
However he additionally considered what number of different households are in an identical state of affairs, and he says he is wanting to assist them nonetheless he can.
It was an meeting line of kinds. Whereas they have been in a skybox through the Sox sport, White Sox companions lined as much as fill present luggage for sufferers and households who’re caught in a hospital, whereas a toddler offers with a cleft palate or one other cranial facial situation.
“We simply sort of have that firsthand data of the emotional toll it may possibly have on a household,” Tauchman mentioned.
Remi Tauchman, who’s 8 months outdated, is a bundle of vitality and curious nowadays. However she has challenges additionally. She was born with a cleft palate, which affected her means to eat.
“She was in a lot misery when consuming for the primary 7 weeks of her life,” mom Eileen Tauchman mentioned.
The truth is, she relied on a feeding tube in these first weeks, whereas docs ultimately recognized the difficulty.
The Tauchmans realized what their child goes by is extra frequent than they realized. So, they determined to attempt to assist different households.
“Hospital stays are by no means enjoyable. So, having a pair additional comforts goes a good distance,” Mike Tauchman mentioned.
July is Nationwide Cleft and Craniotomy Facial Consciousness and Prevention Month, which helped immediate the Tauchmans to start this effort.
Her mother and father say Remi Tauchman is doing a lot better. She is scheduled for surgical procedure later this summer season, and they’re hoping for the very best.
“It is gonna be a troublesome journey. However, as soon as she’s recovered, hopefully this can simply be one thing we keep in mind from the previous and would not influence life transferring ahead an excessive amount of,” her mom mentioned.
The Tauchmans say they’re nonetheless finalizing plans for a fundraiser subsequent month.
They are saying they not solely hope to boost cash, however consciousness.
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