Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Funeral information

Funeral information:

Rosary will be at Autumn Funeral Home - Bend 61555 Parrell Road, Bend, OR 97702 Thursday evening at 7pm.

Friday, October 28th at 10am St. Francis of Assisi Historic Catholic Church downtown Bend. Address is: Corner of Lava and Franklin

Holly will be buried at Deschutes where her grandparents were buried.

Donation box will be at funeral and also at the celebration of life. You can also still donate money at the US Bank account under Holly A. Gordon.


Celebration of Life will be held from 1pm to 4pm on Friday, Oct. 28th at Karen Wallace's Ranch.

Address for celebration of life: 66295 Highway 20 (1/2 way between Tumalo and Sisters)

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Holly passed this morning

Today we all lost a best friend, sister, mother, or amazing woman. Holly passed this morning peacefully and as if Evan would say she was hiding under the covers and comfortable.

Holly is finally in heaven and watching over all of us!

Funeral information:
Friday, October 28th at 10am St. Francis Catholic Church downtown Bend.
Holly will be buried at Deschutes where her grandparents were buried.

Thank you all so much for your support and fight throughout Holly's journey. She loved each and everyone of you! The Greene & Gordon family would like to keep in touch with each and everyone of you, Holly would want that!

Cheers to Holly!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Last hope.....

Praying for our last hope...A Miracle
Alot has been happening on the front lines. Holly's health took a drastic turn. She has been in the hospital for around 10 days now battling for her life. She has all doctors and medical staff in awe of her will to live. Holly was first admitted because of a problem eliminating her stool and intense pain. We soon found out she had an obstructed colon and doctors performed a colostomy with 2 stomas. Unfortunately pain and difficulty continued and doctors discovered another obstruction with the small intestine. Over CT scans and testing Holly's current health, doctors came to the conclusion that a second surgery would be fatal. They want Holly's remaining time to be as much quality and pain free as possible. Surgery in their mind would be too harmful. We pleaded for the surgery but doctors replied that it would be immoral. We simply believe Holly's amazing heart and will to live would pull her through. Now we are continuing the fight with IV fluids(TPN),  pain medications, symptom relief strategies, a lot of love and continuous prayers for a miraculous clearing of her bowel obstruction. Doctors forgot to measure Holly's HEART! She is a fighter and she will not quite! We will not quit! And we know you will not quit.
You are welcome to visit but please be mindful of overwhelming her. If the room is crowded we have a family waiting room for anyone to gather and wait for an appropriate turn. Be advised also we are looking into transfering Holly to either the Hospice facility or possible in home hospice in the near future.
Thank you for your continued support during this crucial time.

Please pray for a miracle! It is all Holly has left.

Holly loves you all!

Monday, October 17, 2011

Couple days of set backs

Holly has had a few good days and a few bad days.

This weekend was probably her worst weekend yet.  Saturday, Holly had CT scan and some x rays to see why she continues to have so much pain and bowel movement problems.  Sunday, the doctor thinks that Holly has another obstruction. Holly has been in so much pain, right now we are comforting her and supporting her at her bedside.

Holly will remain in the hospital probably for this week. We are taking 1 day at a time.

Doctors think possibly another surgery this week. We will get another update today and see what route Holly would like to take. 

Holly you are such an amazing fighter and our families role model.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Holly in ICU

Holly has had a rough week, but remaining strong!

Holly has been in a lot of pain for awhile, we were trying to maintain her pain. Holly went to the ER on Sunday, they found that her urethra was blocked by part of her cancer tumor. Her WBC count has been low, she has been on TPN, and getting blood as well.

Wednesday the doctors decided to take her into surgery at 4pm, surgery went well and Holly now has a Colostomy.

She remains in ICU now for monitoring. Keep pushing Holly, you are doing amazing!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Chemo update

Holly received her last chemotherapy today, next week they are going to reevaluate her CT scan and tumor markers.

She also received 2 units of blood today, which we figured due to Holly being short of breath.

Holly is thanking everyone for participating in the run, she is so amazed by all the support!

Thank you

Holly & TEAM HOLLY,

Would like to thank the following people for helping out with the 5k Run:
Brenda & Jim Stroup, Meghan & Cale Pearson, Richard Logan, Annette Rockow, and Janice Pendroy.

You did an amazing job on the 5k Run, it has truly lifted Holly's spirits!

You are amazing. Thank you so much!