About 6 months ago Ashley began feeling a numbness on her left leg. At first it was thought that it was due to her pregnancy with Kolbe and the way he was sitting. Post partum, the numbness did not go away, rather it began to spread to other parts of her body. After getting an MRI done it was found that she had large fluid filled cyst on her brain. On Friday 10/3/25 Father Anselm with the Norbertines ministered Ashley with the sacraments of confession, holy communion and annointing of the sick. Later that same day we went to the ER at Hoag Hospital and Ashley was admitted to the hospital.
Today, 10/5/25 at approximately 7:35 Ashley was wheeled back to the operating room where they will remove part of her cranium, drain the cyst and remove a nodule that is filling the cyst with fluid for biopsy.