Karen made it to 2011

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Don: New Years Eve Karen went to the emergency room at BMC. We went around 10:00pm. She was feeling weak and felt like she needed oxygen and also maybe her sugar was low. Some where around 12:30am we said “Happy New Year” and she remarked that she made it to 2011. After they did some lab work and took xrays and did a CT with contrast of the lungs, they decided to admit her. Shortly after getting into her room her heart stopped. They revived her with chest compressions and she is now on a ventilation tube and doesn’t respond to anything. She does swallow once in a while, that is good. Prayers are needed for her to fully come back to us. We are not really sure why the heart stopped. Basically it seems to have just slowed down and stopped. It may have had something to do with electrolytes being low, compounded by the many other issues that have been brought on by the treatments for the Leukemia. We may know more later.
– Dear God. Karen’s work here is not yet done. Please give her the time to complete the tasks that you have set before her. Please let her wake up so we can all tell her one more time, how much we love her.

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9 Comments to

“Karen made it to 2011”

On January 1st, 2011 at 8:31 am Patti nelson Says:
Don, so sorry to hear about this development….I will pray earnestly for her recovery. If there is anything we can do, please let us know. BTW, I was so happy to hear you were able to make it home for Christmas which was one of my prayers for Karen!
On January 1st, 2011 at 8:36 am michele mays Says:
Don I am saying some prayers for karen right now. May God be with you Karen and your family. She is a strong woman!
On January 1st, 2011 at 8:55 am Mary Kummer Says:
Don,
My prayers are with you..Please let me know if i can do anything to help you. I’m right down stairs on the first floor of the Old hospital. I will continue to lift her up in prayer as well as you. Know that God is in control and he is the only one who can full fill his plan, which is only known to him. May God continue to Bless you with your continued love and commitment to your beautiful wife. Love & prayers, Mary Bus’ Kummer
On January 1st, 2011 at 10:50 am WNABCWGRL Says:
DON
OUR LOVE AND PRAYERS CONTINUE ……
AS ALWAYS
On January 1st, 2011 at 11:47 am Tina B. Says:
I love you, Karen.
On January 1st, 2011 at 12:03 pm Lisa Burdeshaw Moats Says:
I am praying for you Karen. I luv u girl!
On January 1st, 2011 at 12:37 pm Debra Says:
So sorry to hear this news. Hang in there sweet girl, we love you~
On January 1st, 2011 at 1:20 pm Kathryn W. Says:
I used to work with Karen at BMC, and I try to keep up with her progress on here. I am sorry to here this and am praying for her and your family. May God be with you at this time of need.
On April 7th, 2011 at 6:10 pm Quinta Scarfo Says:
Don, Thank you for sharing Karen with us. What a beautiful person, what a Christian witness, and she will surely touch many more lives as her memory lives on! Thank you for sharing pictures with us. This website is a fantastic way to memoralize a very special person. What a tremendous circle of family and friends who love her and miss her. It was a beautiful way celebrate her life.
I am one of the support group facilitators at the Grief & Loss program, of Widowed Persons Service. We are ever so grateful that God sent you our way. He does work in mysterious ways!You are a blessing and an asset to our group and will undoubtedly help and touch many who are grieving.