We have one more week of dance before Ashley's recital which takes place on June 14 and 15. She is dancing in 5 numbers; Ballet, Lyrical, Hip Hop and two Jazz numbers. The picture below is of Ashley in her lyrical costume. Ashley is a competitive group dancer but only competes in Jazz right now. What catches my eye in this photo is her beautiful leg extension and that pointed toe. Ashley is amazingly flexible but she is still not confident in her dancing ability. I think she has potential to be a good dancer, maybe a great dancer; not the best dancer but certainly not the worst. Next year we are hoping that Ashley will compete in Jazz, Lyrical and Hip Hop.
“Although Ashley’s liver is failing, she isn’t sick enough to be placed on the liver transplant list. We were told that Ashley would need a new liver by the time she reaches puberty." Ashley was born at the end of July in 1998, but her story doesn’t start there;her story begins when she was just a little peanut in my womb. At 24 weeks gestation we learned we were having a girl, but our little girl had something wrong with her. Imagine sitting in the examining room, and the excitement of learning you are having a girl, then at the same time you hear the silence in the room when something is just not right with the baby. We were told that Ashley possibly had an ovarian cyst. It was normal and not to worry. But something told us it was more than just an ovarian cyst. As soon as Ashley was delivered she struggled to live. The umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck twice, and she was blue. Thankfully the doctor cut the cord immediately and although Ashley was still blue; she was b
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