Karen and the theory of her death...

[cam83]

Hi All,
I was just remembering something that I had heard of recently...when Karen collapsed and lay down on the floor of Richard's bedroom, at their NEWVILLE house, where her Parents' lived...on February 4, 1983...some are now saying, she was actually in the kitchen unconscious...is this true or what?
I know she had been up to turn on the coffee...and so she went downstairs to do that, and then went upstairs to shower and get dressed...went into her walk in closet wardrobe...which Agnes and Harold heard, and said, Gee Karen must be up...I'll go and make some hot cereal. Then she called Karen on the lavish intercom set in every room (which I didn't know of )...but no answer...several times until Agnes goes up and finds Karen slumped nude on the floor a towel just draping her body...she must have either collapsed, or lay down...but when the ambulance paramedics came, she was still alive...cause they resuscitated her and felt a pulse...but saving her at Downey Community Hospital did not work. Oh I wish she were still alive. I am sure that she never thought she could die this way after her 9 months of treatment...By the way, I heard photos of Karen were on the newspaper ( Regina Leader Post...March 1996)...of her taken in the hospital for her treatment of anorexia ( you know taken side angles to show how thin she was...this pic, if it is her...is sad! and I guess they did this in the hospital to show how thin they really are...and someone said to me, that stuff was stolen from the family...personal stuff of Karen...I wonder if this was another)...

PS. Am just glad she won her fight with anorexia

My jumbled thoughts...
Cameron Longo
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[Christian]

Hi!

I strongly believe that Karen collapsed in Richards bedroom and not in the kitchen and this is als the story the famuly tells. I believe it is the truth as I don`t see any point in saying she was in the bedroom if she was in the kitchen. Maybe someone mixed it with the fact that she had been in the kitchen first to make coffee before going to the bathroom/bedroom.

About her treatment and the recovery. A friend of mine who`s a nurse said that the recovery period is often dangerous for anorectics as it is very straining for the body and, especially the heart when they put on weight. Anorexia is also a disease you never really recover from like alcoholism and it is very easily triggered by various events such as loss of loved ones and other traumatic incidents.
But when you do however become aware on your illness you are on the way to recovery. I believe this is the case with Karen. She was determined to get well and was aware of her illness. Sadly, it was to late for her body...

[Kristin]

Cam, Karen didnt survive anorexia..........It finally killed her

[Rick Henry]

It did kill her, but she was on the road to recovery. She wanted to get better.