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Funeral Services

Funeral services for Timothy L. Klamert, 71 of Anacoco, Lousisiana will be Sunday, March 29th with visitation being between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Hixson Funeral Home located at 208 South Fifth Street in Leesville, Louisiana (337-239-2633). A graveside burial will be held the same day at 3 p.m. at the Holly Grove Methodist Church Cemetery located at 801 Holly Grove Rd in Anacoco, Louisiana.

Wednesday, March 25th

Post by Sandy Klamert
Timothy is gone from here and now in his heavenly mansion with Jesus.
We learned yeterday he had liver cancer and it had spread as well as a lot of internal bleeding. We had a very hard day which I would describe as shock and awe because we NEVER saw that coming.

He passed peacefully at 12:20 a.m. this morning with us by his side.
Please continue to pray for our family as we move forward in the difficult days ahead.

The funeral will be held at Hixson funeral home in Leesville, LA but no details yet on date and time. will post when we get it set up.
Thank you for your prayer support and love.
Sandy

Tuesday March 24th 9:20 a.m.

Just got off phone with doctors. He is going on a ventilator as his lungs are filling with fluid. He has a tumor in his liver and they have to do an emergency procedure to go down his throat with a scope to find out where his internal bleeding is coming from. We have to get there quick to sign consents so please understand we are very devastated and not really up to answering to many questions at the moment but we are so thankful for each and everyone of you and are blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family
Love
Sandy Klamert

Tuesday March 24th 1:45 a.m.

Post updated by Sandy Klamert

We had to make the decision yesterday afternoon to go ahead and have the CAT scan done with i.v. contrast so they could find out what is causing his liver to shut down. The risks are great for permanent kidney failure however we felt we had to do it or risk complete liver failure. We will not know if there will be any side effects/kidney damage for 24 hours or so from this scan.

We are still awaiting those results from the CT scan but should have them sometime tues morning once we get up to the hospital. We got a call about 11 p.m. from his nurse telling us that after a series of events they have determined he is bleeding internally most likely from his bowel tract somewhere. They had to start a blood transfusion and that is all we know for now.

When we left last night around 9 p.m. he was finally resting comfortable after a long day of intense pain that meds were not seeming to touch. He did seem to gain a little more awareness in the afternoon after they swithced his pain med from Morphine to Phentonyl. This one is supposedly also less traumatic for the liver.

We are very concerned he may not pull through this and he is declining daily. PLEASE pray for a miracle and that he would recover. We still find ourselves in shock and awe mode of how we exactly got here when he was pretty healthy just a few weeks ago and planning to come and attend the opening Astros baseball game series with Scott.

We have family beginning to come in. Scott's youngest sister, Kristen from Louisiana and his aunt, Kathy from California.

The next few days will tell a lot and the decisions ahead will be many. They have talked of doing a procedure called endoscopy to look down his throat with a scope to determine the bowel issues. They also today will let us know if this CAT scan showed what they need to know about the liver blood flow in and out and what treatment will be required. If this did not give them what they wanted to know the next step would most likely be a biopsy. All of these are risky procedures given all the medical problems he is currently enduring. We are finding ourselves having to constantly ask does the potential benefit outweigh the potential risk and that is just not a fun place to be.

Monday, March 23 11:00 AM

Update by Sandy Klamert;

TIm is not doing well today. He is very swollen and his blood pressure is very low and has been very unstable. Because of this, they are not able to remove any additional fluids off his body only add fluids. He will remain on dialysis and now runs risk of being on it permanently.

He now has an ng (nasogastric) feeding tube for nutrients. He is disoriented so they have had to tie his hands down to keep him from pulling on the tube except when we are in there and can watch him.

He is in pain but they are scarce on administering pain meds because of his blood pressure instability.

Please pray for Scott and I as there are some difficult decisions ahead. His liver is now enlarged and shows further damage. He is most likely going to need further tests on that maybe going ahead with dye test even though his kidney is failed. They would have to remove the dye immediately thru dialysis but there are risks with everything given the myriad of problems he is dealing with.

We are not sure what is going on with his liver and neither are the doctors. He has normal liver labs in March 2008 and with all the abdomen CT's he had in Jan 2009 there was no mention of liver deterioration so we are really wondering how we got here and so are they.

They feel the kidney failure is secondary to whatever else is going on. They ran a bunch of cultures today trying to rule out any infection source because his white blood cell count is continuing to climb.

We are in a hard place today but we are continuing to pray and seek the Lord every step and His guidance, peace and mercy.

Today is a hard day as we are going to the funeral service of a very dear friend whose life was cut short by a brain aneurysm over spring break. She was 41 years old and leaves behind a 10 year old and a 6 year old. Please also pray for the Daly family and the days ahead.

Sunday, March 22nd Update

I went to bed last night with a scratchy throat and now I have no voice, wonderful! What's funny is I didn't know that I didn't have a voice until I tried to call my cousin Tina in Milwaukee to give her an update and I couldn't hardly speak. Sitting in the ICU room today I really didn't do much talking because dad was pretty much sleeping all day. Dad slept so much he really didn't greet his first visitors so well. Linda, my mother in love, came by today and when dad opened his eyes he thought it was Sandy, my wife. Linda was flattered and dad was embarrassed. Then when Beverly, my sister in law, came in he immediately said, "hey Bev how are you". That was pretty much it and he slept the rest of the time. He is really saying some off the wall stuff as if he's a little delirious or maybe it was just the morphine they gave him. You THINK?!

The nurse said she was actually able to decrease dads med today, the one that helps keep his blood pressure up. PRAISE GOD, that's a step in the right direction. The doctor said that the dialysis would wipe him out and he was right, it did. I asked how long dad would be on the dialysis machine and he said he'd probably be on it through the middle of this next week. He said they'd then take him off of it and see how his kidney (remember he was born with just one) holds up on it's own.

The nurse tried her best to get dad to eat something today. I think she was successful with apple juice and tea, or was that yesterday? The days are beginning to run together. Before I left they brought his dinner, MEATLOAF and MASHED POTATOES! Anyone that knows my dad, knows that this is his favorite meal. He actually took a bite and didn't care for it. I've already told him that he needs to try to start eating otherwise, yes THE TUBE! He said he didn't want that and I said well start eating. Real sympathetic I know, but a month is a long time without food. The boys gotta eat ("gotta", that's redneck for "got to")!

Prayer needs: Good reports tomorrow, an increase in appetite (for dad), kidney to strengthen, and me NOT to get sick.