At Peace.

After a long 16 year battle with cancer, Chris Ellis is finally resting peacefully and is in a much better place.

Today at 2:15 she took her last breath surrounded by her family.  She went quickly and peacefully and in true Chris style everything was perfect and everyone was taken care of in a way that was perfect for them.  She had an obvious plan. 

As crazy as it sounds, just a few minutes after she passed she got a smile on her face.  Her energy was everywhere, and it was an extremely healing experience for the family.

We will post once funeral arrangements have been made, but we are so grateful for your prayers and kind words over the last while and want you to know that it has been very comforting.

Update

The doctor came today.  She said that she is a very strong woman, her heart and oxygen are strong, but her body is shutting down.  She is no longer getting out of bed or speaking.  She is not really waking up much anymore.

She said that she is at extreme peace, especially for someone her age, so we were happy to hear that.

She told us that she will likely pass within a few days.

Thanks again for all of your love and support.

Resting Peacefully

Right now she is at home and resting.  We are trying to keep her comfortable and she seems like she is not in pain.  She is starting to show signs that she is slipping away, but of course she keeps fighting.  Today we went and made funeral arrangements and picked out the perfect casket for her.  Honestly, if she would have been there we know she would have went straight to that one.  I think she will be glad that me and Brooke were there to pick it because my Dad liked a granny one and a blue one called "mystic blue" which we named big blue, and she would have hated them both.  The woman has style, you have to give her that.

She is unable to say much but she is smiling a lot, especaially for the kids.  She can't really walk around anymore and is pretty weak and has managed to get even skinnier.

She is surrounded by loving people and we are amazed at how kind everyone has been to our family.

Doctor visit

Went to the doctor today.

He said there is nothing more he can do for her at this time.

We are going to take it a day at a time, but don't be surprised if she pulls through!

She is a tough cookie!

We are going to get her hooked up to an IV at home and hopefully she will get stronger and a little fatter!

Time will tell.  Think positive thoughts.

Not doing so well

Things aren't going too well.  She seems to be getting a little worse each day.  Please send your prayers her way!

Hangin in there!

Not MUCH new to report. She is just kind of hanging in there and doing her thing! Right now she is not having any treatments, but she does have a lot of pain and spends the majority of her day resting.

She liver function is not great and she is getting her abdomen drained every couple of weeks. In fact she went this morning.

I wish I had more to report, but I am glad that I don't.

Thanks everyone for thinking of her and praying for her. It helps!

surgery a no go...

Wednesday was supposed to be another round of chemo in the liver. She went the night before and got her MRI and then I took her to Huntsman for the scheduled procedure. When we got there they didn't have her scheduled, which was weird, but she hadn't had bloodwork yet, so we figured it was cause of that.

I left her there (carpool) and as soon as I got home she called me to come and get her. The doctor decided to wait on it until June... we think he had plans or something (Doctors+Huntsman=frustration) and wanted to push it off.

So for now she gets to keep feeling good and enjoy the nice Spring weather. She will go back the first week of June for another treatment, and this could be done every few months to treat her liver.