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Today I picked up Betsy Hansen's ashes. It is feeling more and more real everyday and living without her is hard but I believe it will be a long road ahead. So, I know people have been wondering when her memorial will be and her request was to have an Irish wake and a Viking funeral.

On the 20th of July we will have the wake at The Stables in Georgetown at 4pm. She asked for a whiskey fountain and for everyone to bring their funniest Betsy story. There will be pictures to look at to remember her love of life. Also we will have the Viking ship present for those who can't make it out to the funeral at hood canal the next day. Please bring something you would like to put in the boat to set on fire. Make sure it is small , like a note or something. I hope this gets the word out and I hope to see everyone she touched over the years of her life. Feel free to share this with people who might like to come. More details soon to come.

10th anniversary update and the journey - 10 years ago today I married the love of my life. We’ve had moments together that I will never forget. I love her everyday no matter what. She has taught me more about life than I could ever learn on my own....

It has been a week now since Betsy Hansen was able to leave the hospital. After a long stay at HMC, she was ready to come home and heal. In order for this to happen, she still needed IV nutrition and decompression through her newly installed PEG tube. So, she was placed on hospice care, which took me about 3 days to get over the word. Hospice usually means that only comfort measures will be used until the passing of an individual. When Betsy got home the first night, Melody Dayton came over and stayed with us to help in the transition. We had a few scares early on but everything seems to be improving so far. The hospice thing seems like a little much right now since she does not feel like she is on her death bed yet. She is eating meals and processing regularly so the plan is to get her strong enough again to explore some treatments that could help in her comfort and quality of life. It hurts so much for me to say that she is pretty much terminal at this point and she wants to do whatever she can to stay with us for as long as she can. We are hoping to get at least another 6 months if she can do it. Nobody can really say how much time she has because of the way she has shown us all that she can live through the toughest times that would have killed most people.

She is going to go on a couple trips to see her family and enjoy the time she has left on this planet. Of course we all know that Radar will be closing at the end of the month, we will be liquidating all the contents of the shop to try and cover the rent until the landlords can find a new tenant, hopefully they will have someone by then. Once this is done, we will be selling our house and moving into my parent's basement for the remainder of her life. There will also be a huge estate sale in our home, and for those of you that know us or have been to our house, we hope it all goes to good homes. I want to avoid estate services if possible. Once this is all done and she is feeling up to it, we will lease a small RV and drive down the west coast. Who knows, new medications and treatments could be available to her by then and by all means she will go for it. Thank you all for all your continued love and support. Johnny & Betsy

Update on Betsy for 3.7.14
The Betsy Hansen saga continues!! So this Thursday Betsy had her kidney checked out by the Urologist and they confirmed the narrowing in the ureter is a problem and could be the result of the pain she has been having for...

Update 1-8-14 - Well, this morning I woke up, Betsy was complaining of lower back pain and we were on the fence about going into the emergency room. We got a hold of Dr. Eddie and he thought we should come in and get some more blood drawn and a CT...