HOORAY!!! The quilt is ready to raffle off!!!

With the medical bills rolling in, I'm kicking off a new fundraiser!  Thanks to a wonderful friend of mine, Angie Ramich, who made and donated this beautiful quilt (see pictures on the left), I will be raffling it off in an effort to raise thousands of dollars to help alleviate the burden on Dave and Kristine. 

This beautiful quilt is valued at over $300!!  The tickets will be sold for $10 each.  The drawing will be held on Saturday, November 19th.  Please join me in helping to sell as many of these tickets as possible. 

Please contact me, Karen Fondersmith (Kristine's sister), at (707) 688-7706 for tickets or you can send cash, checks or money orders payable to Kristine DuFrene to the following address:

Karen Fondersmith
2129 Sunhaven Court
Fairfield, CA 94533

Ticket stubs will be emailed (preferred) or mailed to each recipient, depending on each individual's choice. 

Thank you for your continued support, thoughts and prayers for Kristine.  May she continue to do well in her recovery and stay on the road from complete remission to being cured. 

Thank you!!!
~Karen

A Big Thank You!!!

We'd like to send a shout out to the following friends and family:

Jodie Williams
Deb Smith
Renee Pena
Tom and Pat Kelly
Lenny & Lisa Arkinstall
Tony & Jenene Acosta

Your cards let Kristine know that you keep her in your thoughts and prayers and she is so appreciative!

Thank you so much!!!

Day 134 - July 11, 2011 (Day 38)

Kristine has been recovering from home since June 21st.  She is considered to have an immune system as that of a 5 week old baby.  She's been avoiding highly populated places and only goes out into public areas, like the grocery store or a retail store, during non-peak hours.  She had a follow up appointment this afternoon and the doctor said all her numbers look great.  Her blood levels are normal and her liver and kidney functions are normal.  They removed her central venous catheter and she was so happy to finally have it out of her chest.

So Kristine is one-third of the way through her first 100 days of recovery with no issues (knock on wood).  She's been doing great for the most part, but does have some occasional headaches and nausea.  She still does not have all her strength back (that will take months to regain); other than that, she has been doing remarkably well.  She's taking one day at a time and trying to do what she needs to do to stay healthy. 

Kristine has had no signs of GVHD (graft vs. host disease), which is a blessing.  She takes all the precautions to ward off the potential onset of this disease.  As I said earlier, other than occasional headaches and nausea, expected muscle weakness and feeling tired, she is doing wonderfully!

I want to apologize for those of you who have been wondering how Kristine has been doing since being released from UCLA.  I've been here with Kristine helping to care for her, Kahlen and Logan as well as my two year old daughter.  It is non-stop work with a one year old, two year old and three year old, so I apologize I have had little time to update the blog. 

Please continue to pray for Kristine to stay healthy as I believe these prayers have truly helped Kristine in her journey to wellness.