Charysse Kristine Hesse July 22, 1977—October 13, 2014 Charysse Hesse, 37, of Jefferson died Monday at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House. Born in Portland to Michael and Kristina (McAlmond) Chowning, Charysse was raised in Bend and graduated from Bend High School in 1995. She attended Linfield College for two years and then graduated from George Fox University in [...]
its been a relatively quiet day today, as I'm sure you've noticed by the lack of updates. Here's a quick update: Charysse was moved out of ICU and into her own room tonight around 5pm PT. She's reporting that she's had no visual effects from the surgery. That's a miracle! She's already asking if she [...]
Good news: the surgery went as planned and Charysse is doing well! We just met with Dr. Liau and she told us that she was able to remove the majority of the tumor. The tumor that is left is simply inoperable. The initial reports from pathology indicate that the tumor is still low grade—yay!—however we will [...]
As Charysse preps for her surgery, I (Kyle, her brother) have taken control over her blog to help keep you updated on her progress. I will be posting major updates here as they come. If you'd like to know the play-by-play details, please follow her on Twitter. I will be posting more frequent [...]
Charysse just went in for surgery a few minutes ago, 11am. We now wait another 8 or so hours for the surgery to be completed. Pray for us...it's going to be a long day.
It's 10:31am and we just heard from Marvin. Dr. Liau had another surgery this morning and she's wrapping that up now. They're expecting to wheel Charysse back at 10:45am. —Kyle