Monthly Archives: September 2011

Casey, Suzanne, Valerie, and Rachel did a fabulous job of taking care of Karis while Dave and I were in breathtaking Colorado.  Karis is doing well enough to be frustrated by the limitations she has, wanting to break through into … Continue reading →

We are enjoying a lovely retreat at a gorgeous site at 9000 feet in Colorado.  If you aren’t jealous, you should be!  🙂 We are grateful to each person who is helping with Karis Care so that we can be … Continue reading →

We’ve been 8 hours (so far) in the ER today.  Karis’s leg is infected again.  I could not possible explain to you why it has taken all this time for Karis to get a dose of antibiotics and clearance to … Continue reading →

Please pray for our friend Carissa, who was brought by ambulance from Hershey, PA last night.  Thanks. Karis is doing really well.  At clinic yesterday we learned that the biopsies showed apoptosis down to 4.  Her improved symptoms match the … Continue reading →

Karis is home from the hospital–again!  After she came home Thurs., she started bleeding from her ostomy and, long story short, was hospitalized again Friday morning after another scope showed that a clot from her biopsy Wed. morning had been … Continue reading →

Karis is home!  We’ve gotten spoiled and really love NOT being in the hospital.  But it sure is a help when she really needs it, as she did Monday night.  They kept thinking up reasons to keep her until this … Continue reading →

Karis was admitted to 12 North at Montefiore in the middle of the night in great pain and throwing up due to a bowel obstruction.  We tried everything we knew to do at home but finally had to bring her … Continue reading →

My niece Becky accidentally posted on the blog.  If you received this post by e-mail, please disregard it.  Thanks! Karis successfully had her scope and biopsy this morning, and visually everything looks good!  We’ll see how the biopsy turns out, … Continue reading →