A couple nights ago I couldn’t sleep at 4am, but the baby was sleeping well. Praise God! I was thinking about a strange and funny thing that happens to me everyday. I thought you guys would find it funny. I will be sitting because I can’t do much else and all of sudden I feel…

Praise be to God! Thank you to everyone for prayers, meals, calls and visits. I love them all. You all have eased this cross so much. I still have not heard from the neurosurgeon. I called today and left a message. I will call again tomorrow. I will post an update as soon as we…

Dear friends, I’m sorry we haven’t posted an update in a couple days. Things have been busy. I want to first Praise God for all His love and Graces he has poured over our family. We are so unworthy of it all. To God be the glory now and forever! We have settled in nicely…

6:15 PM   – Dear faithful prayer warriors and dear friends,I wanted to post an update and try to express my extreme gratitude for all your prayers, sacrifices, calls, texts, all the people who have jumped in to take care of kids, and support us.I’m so blown away and in awe of all of you. I…

8:00 AM   – Ashley will most likely be able to leave the hospital today provided the pyhsical therapists think she is good to go. We were able to speak to the neurosurgeon this morning. One blessing that has come out of having this surgeon in particular is that his own wife went through a similar…

10:30 AM   – The rest of yesterday Ashley concentrated on resting. Small things like talking too much or chewing would bring the headache back on. I will have to ask her to confirm but I believe this is the most pain Ashley has ever been in. She is a woman who will take the least…

7:30 AM   – Last night at around 1:00 AM Ashley was very pleased to find out that she could have her arterial IV catheter removed hours ahead of schedule. The catheter was really bothering her but they were using it to monitor blood pressure and potentially deliver some meds. Watching a catheter come out of…

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…