Author Archives: Debra Kornfield

About Debra Kornfield

Collector of "But God . . ." stories, through childhood as a missionary kid in Guatemala, high school as a "foster" kid in Raytown, Missouri, college at Wheaton, marriage to David Kornfield, nursing school at Rush in Chicago, four years in Port Huron, Michigan completing our family of four children, twenty years in São Paulo, Brazil split with ten years with Karis in Pittsburgh before she moved to Heaven.

Sat. May 4, 2013

Posted on Sat, 4 May '13 by Debra Kornfield

Dan came over from DC and is lying in Karis’s hospital bed with her playing a game.  It’s nice to see her awake and cheerful, after a less-than-easy day with kidney numbers worse.  This is the 6th day that the … Continue reading →

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Thurs. May 2, 2013

Posted on Thu, 2 May '13 by Debra Kornfield

Karis isn’t feeling so well today, probably dehydrated.  She lost 5 more pounds since yesterday, including over 4 liters of ostomy output.  At the same time, her blood pressure is higher today than it was yesterday.  Some of her blood … Continue reading →

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Wed. May 1, 2013

Posted on Wed, 1 May '13 by Debra Kornfield

It’s a gorgeous sunny day for the beginning of the new month.  We had hoped Karis would go home today, but now the docs are saying maybe tomorrow.  Yesterday she had some very high blood pressures that were hard to … Continue reading →

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In honor of Angie Mitchell and Pauline Talty, two-year citizens of Heaven but still missed here

Posted on Mon, 29 Apr '13 by Debra Kornfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QICc9bCRbTM

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Monday, April 29, 2013

Posted on Mon, 29 Apr '13 by Debra Kornfield

The renal docs came by earlier than I expected so I missed them this morning.  Here’s what Karis told me: The tests that have been done indicate that Karis has 18% kidney function.  Usually they consider anything under 20% irreversible, … Continue reading →

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Friday, April 26, 2013 Happy Birthday, Battle!

Posted on Fri, 26 Apr '13 by Debra Kornfield

We are encouraged today, after some moments of discouragement in the last couple of days.  Some dramatic changes have been made in Karis’ treatment, and they seem to be producing good results.  Some are Dr. Sogawa’s ideas, and some are … Continue reading →

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oops

Posted on Wed, 24 Apr '13 by Debra Kornfield

Try this link instead, and scroll down to the third (now) story: http://www.insideupmc.blogspot.com.es/search?updated-max=2013-04-22T09:58:00-04:00&max-results=3

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a fun story that just came out (includes pics!)

Posted on Wed, 24 Apr '13 by Debra Kornfield

http://www.insideupmc.blogspot.com.es/search?updated-max=2013-04-22T09:58:00-04:00&max-results=3   Scroll down to the second story.

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Tues. April 23, 2013 Happy Birthday, Abigail! Belated Happy Birthdays to Timmy, Rachel, Carol, and Jessica! Happy Birthday tomorrow to Claire! Belated Happy Anniversary to Alan and Linda!

Posted on Wed, 24 Apr '13 by Debra Kornfield

Dave and I got home last night from our Spain and Portugal trip, and went straight to the hospital from the airport.  It was great to see Karis, Jan, and Casey, and chat with Rachel on the phone.  Seems like … Continue reading →

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Tues, 16 April 2013

Posted on Tue, 16 Apr '13 by Debra Kornfield

(Janice)   Debbie and I chatted this morning (the internet is a wonderful tool we often take for granted!) and I wanted to pass along, with Debbie’s permission, a bit of our conversation: Debbie:  Dr Costa told me before he (and we) … Continue reading →

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