Looking For Photographs From The Memorial...

Sunday’s memorial service for Renee was a phenomenal turnout, so many people showed up to honor her. We can not thank you all enough for coming! We’ll be posting a new entry very shortly regarding her service so please check back soon for that.

In the meantime we are looking to collect as many photographs from the service as possible. If anyone has images from the memorial or the reception please email them to KrissyGimenez@Gmail.com - It would be extremely appreciated. (Once we collect some images we’ll be sure to post them on the website for everyone to view.)

Thank you!

A Week of Honoring Renee

This week we have been blessed with so many wonderful benefits and gatherings in honor of Renee. Tuesday night we got together for another fund raiser at Round Table Pizza in Huntington Beach and sold some of Renee's new BELIEVE T-shirts. Last night we had a very successful night at HB Tattoo with the FC Foundation. We raised over $2500 towards the memorial service and gave half of that to benefit the other survivors that the FC Foundation has been so kind to help. We had a wonderful turn out of all ages for both airbrush tattoo provided by Tribal Ink and the real deal by the very generous crew at HB Tattoo. We will be in the OC Register in the next couple of days so be sure to check it out.

Our next big night is a very special one. We are honoring Renee's birthday on Saturday night at HB Brewing CO. on Main Street. We will be there toasting the beauty and courage she taught us all and we will also have the new BELIEVE t-shirts and FC shirts. They are $20 cash only please.

Sunday will be the memorial service at Crystal Cove State Park at the Pelican Point Picnic Area off Newport Coast Drive and PCH. Although parking is free, there are very limited spaces so we ask that you car pool as much as possible. We will be at the beach so please dress warm and remember there is a chance of rain so please bring an umbrella. Following the service we will have a celebration of life at Flight Bistro & Social Lounge at 8082 Adams Ave in Huntington Beach starting at 4pm. We will enjoy a video and slide show of Renee as well as appetizers.

I can't thank you all enough for the amount of support you have all given in this difficult time. We have all been so blessed to have someone like Renee in our lives and although things are different, we will always keep her in our hearts everyday. Thank you so much and we will look forward to seeing you at the upcoming events. It always feels better to have people that know and love Renee around. :)

Audrey

Join us TOMORROW @ the HB Tattoo Benefit

Please come and Join us on Thursday, February 18th from 4pm to midnight to help Raise money

for Renee and the FC Cancer Foundation.

*** CASH ONLY ***

$50 - $75 for BELIEVE tattoos

$120 - $150 for Butterfly Believe tattoos

There will also be $10 Airbrush tattoos for those who aren't ready to get a tattoo just yet but still want to support. (Airbrush art will last about a week with proper care.)

100% of tattoo sales will be donated to the cause so be sure to tip your artist well, since they are donating their time.

Renee Benson Believe T-shirts will be available!

HB TATTOO

20387 Beach Boulevard

Huntington Beach, CA 92647

(714) 374-4948

Believe,

Krissy

Upcoming Events

Thank you all for your support and for joining us in a celebration of Renee's life. I think we all agree that when we are surrounded by those who love Renee, that things seem a little easier. The turn out at Round Table Pizza was great and we sold out on t-shirts! We have more in the works as well as another benefit and a possible party on the 20th to celebrate Renee's birthday. We also have a benefit booked for HB Tattoo for Febuary 18th from 4 - midnight. Come in for your BELIEVE tattoo and all of the proceeds will go to Renee's family but don't forget to tip your artist.

Thank you again for all of the love you have given to Renee's family and to me. We so appreciate it. God bless.

Audrey

In Honor of Our Beautiful Friend

Dear Family and Friends,
We would like to invite you to join us this Tuesday evening Feb. 9th at 7 pm at our family's restaurant, Round Table Pizza in Huntington Beach, for dinner, drinks and friendship in honor of Renee. 20% of all sales will go directly to Renee's family to assist with the financial burden of Renee's long fight. If you would like to bring a copy of your favorite picture of Renee, we would love to add it to the collection of memories of our beloved friend. We hope to see you there as we continue to support and believe in our beautiful friend, Renee.

Much love,
The Quatman Family

Our Beautiful Angel Watches Over Us

This morning at 3:45 am, Renee passed very peacefully in her sleep. She was surrounded by people that love her and we told her how much we loved her every second. She was very peaceful and in no pain and as a dear friend of ours said, she beat this stupid cancer. It lays on this earth and she is free from it high above us, watching over us.
After we all gave her our love we all sat together in the waiting room and watched the sun rise over the mountains. We then pushed her IV pole around for our last lap with her and nurses that knew and love Renee joined us along the way.
It is so difficult not to be angry when we feel so shorted by the loss of our friend, daughter, sister and love but remember that she is at peace now and will never suffer again. She is so beautiful and has touched us all so deeply and there will never be a day that she isn't in our hearts and minds. All of Nae Nae's kids will continue to grow up knowing who she was and what they meant to her. Every time a special song comes on or the scent of Jans or Thai food will make us remember. Every silly "raccoon" moment that we have will make us smile at the thought of what she gave to us. She gave us strength, courage, the true meaning of friendship, loyalty, passion, fight, stubbornness, love and she truly made us understand how short life is.
Thank you,
Audrey

2.7.10

Last night all of us surrounded her talking about our memories with Renee. From sneaking out to parties to vacations and special dinners. We all remembered beautiful memories with Renee and I know she loved every one of them. She has not been alone for even a second and we will continue to stand by her side as she fights on. She is so strong and so brave and most of all, so beautiful. We will continue to update as the day progresses but know that her strength comes from all of your love.
BELIEVE,
Audrey

2.6.10 5:16pm

Renee is now resting comfortably with the ventilator removed. She has her loved ones surrounding her, soft music playing, the smell of oranges from oils used on a scalp massage and the many pictures of her beautiful memories spent with all of you. She is very comfortable and completely at peace.

Please continue to pray for her.

Believe

Audrey

2.6.20 1:30pm

We are still waiting for our room where we will be removing the ventilator so we have not moved forward with anything for Renee. We have had many visitors today and we ask that those who have had a chance to visit, please gives others that chance as well. We also ask that if you have had the opportunity to visit, that you kindly allow space for the other families by meeting in the downstairs lobbies. We are happy to keep updating you as the day progresses but we again very much appreciate all of your patience. Thank you again and God bless!
BELIEVE,
Audrey

2.6.10

Good Morning...

Again, we thank you for your patience in trying to have some time with Renee. She has touched the lives of many and we are doing our best to be sure that everyone has a moment with her.

We kindly ask that when you visit, please take a few minutes to laugh with Renee, tell her you love her, share a funny story, or just sit in silence with her. There are quite a few people that would like to have a moment like this today...and we want to give everyone an opportunity to have that moment.

Please no visitors from 11 to 12:30 today. (Saturday)

In an effort to help with crowd control and with all due respect to the other families that are coping with illness in their own families, we ask that you leave the ICU floor once you have had that priceless moment with our beautiful girl.

BELIEVE,

Audrey, Sabrina & Abby

2.5.10

Renee looks so beautiful today (as always). We had a day of beauty yesterday. I shaved her head, gave her a pedicure and we even have her in a BELIEVE shirt.

We are having another benefit for Renee at Round Table Pizza in Huntington Beach (Beach/Adams) at 7pm on Tuesday (2/9). We will have BELIEVE t-shirts and 10% of the proceeds will go to Renee.

On the lighter side...

We have met with Renee's physicians over the past week and we are coming to a point in her fight that her body is very weak. As you are all aware, she has been in ICU for three weeks now and while we have had good days, we have also had a few not-so-good days. Renee has lost much of her muscle strength and the side effects from this happening are wearing on her daily.
There are a few risks that are starting to take over and while we know Renee wants to fight, fight, fight...we also know that we want her to be comfortable. Her tenacity and strength is striking, but not surprising to those that know and love her. We are so proud of her endless courage to "kick cancers ass" (as Nae would say).

We are still working with the doctors and nurses to make decisions for the near future. We plan to move Renee to her "psuedo home", where she has been cared for and loved by many.

We appreciate your patience with trying to visit Renee. We will do our best to get everyone in. Thank you for continuing to BELIEVE in our angel.

Audrey, Sabrina & Abby

2.4.10

I would first like to say thank you again for all of the wonderful messages you have sent. They have meant so much to me and to Renee's loved ones. I also appreciate your patience. I know it is very difficult waiting to hear what is going on and we would like to do another pizza night to benefit Renee and to bring everyone up to date on how she is doing. We should have a date booked for sure by today so check back for details. In the meantime, we would like to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to see Renee. If you would like to visit, please call or text one of us so we can make sure we don't have too many at a time.
Audrey - 714.791.8922
Sabrina - 714.624.9298
Abby - 949.554.4040
Jame - 562.260.2602
We are trying to keep it to one person at a time and we ask that we stay calm and quiet while we are in the room. Our goal is to keep her as comfortable as possible so we want her heart rate to stay close to 110. If you notice it start to rise, she has too much stimulation. We also ask that we stay positive in the room. I know it is difficult not to cry but Renee needs all positive energy around her so we ask that you step out. I know this is difficult and it seems like a lot of rules but this is for Renee and what is requested by her doctors to keep her comfortable.
Keep praying for Renee and her loved ones and thank you.
BELIEVE
Audrey

2.3.10

Last night Renee slept well and has been very calm. We have had some trouble with anxiety and we are working it out with medication and talking to her about everything which helps to keep her calm. We will be meeting with the doctors tonight to discuss how Renee is doing and what our next step will be.
We are working on putting the attachment on her trach so she can speak. We are trying to keep her heart rate at a more safe rate which is 110 but she starts to get really agitated when there is too much going on around her.
Please keep up with the letters and texts because she enjoys us reading them to her.
Thanks!!
Audrey

2.1.10

Today started off a little rough but it looks like our prayers are continuing to keep her strong. We thought that she may have had a seizure this morning because her arm and head were shaking a little but her neurologist believes that she is fine and so we are back to lowering her sedation drugs. We are going to continue with some more breathing exercises but she has been doing so great that they are discussing putting a valve on her trach that will allow the air to pass through her vocal cords which will allow her to talk. Keep praying for our girl and keep believing!!
<3 Audrey