Love For Ashley

Today, Ashley begins her fourth month with a mystery cough. We have seen an allergist who found Ashley very interesting but couldn't find a thing wrong with her. We did find that she doesn't have any allergies yet nor does she have asthma. Then a week later an Ear Nose and Throat Specialists examined Ashley. Again, couldn't find a thing wrong with her but prescribed a steriod inhaler because we had tried everything that we could available over-the-counter. We did learn that Ashley's hearing is perfect, which is great because now she has no excuse for ignoring me. And because I am deaf in my left ear; I have an excuse for ignoring her. So what's wrong with Ashley...now that's a mystery still needing to be solved. Just this week I took Ashley to the pediatrician again because Ashley is now complaining of a headache. I am getting calls at work from the school just about once a day because Ashley is in the clinic complaining about not feeling well. But when I ask As...

A few months ago I stumbled upon a great website that talks about organ donation and having compassion for those who not only received the gift of life, but also gave the gift of life. Ted of " My Angel Foundation ", asked me to post on his new blog called How Has . "How Has" asks people to submit a personal story on how organ donation impacted their life. Below is what I submitted and Ted published on the How Has blog. Organ donation, just two words to most people but to me those two words mean that there is hope! As a child my family talked about organ donation, giving of oneself so that others could live. We never thought that one of us would need a new organ or become an organ donor. Talking about organ donation was a subject discussed at the dinner table as easily as saying our prayers before every meal. It was no surprise to anyone that at age 16, when I received my driver’s license, that organ donor would be placed on my new license. Not only did I have orga...

Ask my husband, sometimes I change things around just because I can. I usually have no reason for the change, I change it because I want too. This really irritates Joey (my husband), he wants to know what purpose does the change serve. This also applies to moving things around. I am always rearranging furniture in the house, moving pictures from one wall to another, reorganizing shelfs and stuff in the kitchen cabinets. It drives Joey nuts...I especially love doing this when he leaves for long business trips out of town. Moving Ashley's journal to blogger.com is probably making my husband scratch his head, why? Well, because I WANT TO AND CAN, it's as simple as that! Actually, the reason I decided to move Ashley's journal was because I wanted a more user friendly jounal and a place where I can add pictures. This blog/journal will also allow readers to leave comments to individual posts; a guestbook of sorts. Most of Ashley's "liver friends" have online blogger...