Elizabeth passed away

After making sure she proved every medical professional wrong, including her parents, about her strength, Beth peacefully passed away the morning of April 30th. Details about funeral arrangements can be found  here.

No update

Beth is still with us. She is a strong woman. I will post an update when things change.

No real change

Not much has changed since Tuesday. The staff at Highland is doing a terrific job keeping Beth pain free, and she has family members at her side around the clock.

Update on Beth's condition

Some very bad news and there is no easy way to put it. Beth was feeling good on Saturday and then on Sunday things started going badly. She is now in the hospice care. The kidneys have mostly stopped working and it is now only a matter of days. We will update the blog as things progress.

Latest update (from the guest blogger)

Beth had the surgery on Wednesday. It went well but the surgeons couldn't do as much as they wanted to. But they think they have resolved the blockage issue and she will be able to eat soon. She is now recovering and needs lots of pain killers, and does not really want visitors for the next few days. She will update the blog when she feels better.

Dr. Bif who?

Sure has been a long time n'est ce pas?  Not much to report. I successfully made it out of the horsepistol (that's what my Dad always called the hospital).  I'm going back in the day after tomorrow for surgery.

I have a couple reasons for keeping it short tonight: It's possible that this date may change at the last last minute if we can't get urology on board.  I'm on pain medicine and my typing skills are less than perfect.  Good reasons for short and sweet I think.

I do want to send out of few thank you's however. The ham/bean soup smelled lovely and my family assures me it tasted as good as it smelled. 

The ride on short notice was a big help.

All the craft projects for my crew were fun. We never ate many of the colored eggs.  They seemed to get dropped at an alarming rate.  Worth it.

I have located a "ghost knitter." I think she is going to finish her bit before me but pain medicine does interfere a wee bit with hand/eye coordination.

I've appreciated the cards and calls. I love the lotion/cremes.

I can think of only one other who needs a thank.  If I forgot you, it's probably the drugs.

Finally, I thought I married a great guy.  Now I know it for sure.  He sure has stepped up to the plate with well, everything.  He's a terrific father.  He's got dinner under control every night.  He's on top of homework, music lessons and hebrew school and still finds time to spend with the kids going to the park or a movie.  He helps me with my IV medicine every night.  Now that he's been thoroughly embarassed, someone do him a favor. He needs to go out for a beer.  Albert, Craig, Doug...?

I'll update about the surgery as soon as I have any details.

Love,
Bif

boring housekeeping stuff

Still locked up in the grey tower (well it's grey on the inside).  Just a boring note today to take care of some housekeeping issues.

Will be here a few more days.  Need more antibiotics and a quick procedure on these nephrostomy tubes.  I also need blood and platelets.

I just discovered that the phone in my room's ringer isn't turned on.  If you've been calling it I haven't noticed it lighting up.  Better to just call my cell phone.  If I don't want calls it will be turned off.

Any of you knitters out there feel  like helping me finish a project?  See if you can guess which one it is Guildees.

All for now.

Beth