In Memory of Jerry Betts - 1960-2013
Hello everyone
As you can see, this thread has been inactive since my last post on 6/13. I want to give some explanation as to why.
The day after I posted the update, my father was admitted to the hospital. Some of you who have been my friends on the forums for a few years may know that he was a super sick man. He went in with Pneumonia (which for a respiratory patient can be bad news) and was at the hospital for a little over two weeks until they decided to transfer him to one of the largest hospitals in Michigan. On June 28th, he was found unconscious after his nurse gave him a new medication for pain and she didn't stay with him to see if he was allergic (he had been having excruciating pain in his abdomen). They got him going again, but he hit his head when he fell and could barely speak. On June 29th, they said he had coughed so hard that he ruptured a blood vessel in his abdomen and he was bleeding internally. He was transferred to Munson Medical around 12:30pm and when they arrived his heart stopped beating due to the pressure from the blood in his abdomen. He died around 1:50pm that day after a 5+ year battle with a still un-diagnosed lung condition. My life has obviously been hectic since that day and I am just now able to sit down and update this thread as to what happened.
As some of you know, Jerry (my father), drew the print that all of our team members and donors will receive for their participation. Each print is now limited and there will only be 50 produced.
Thank you guys for understanding why this has been dragging on for so long! It's been a rough year for my family with my father being admitted to the hospital 4-5 times in the last 6 months. So now that the depressing part is over.....
Let's get building!