Cookbooks
First, if you haven't ordered your cookbook please do so soon. As of today, we have 19 cookbooks on order and all but 10 have them have been paid in full. We hope to have 50 cookbooks ready for shipment/delivery before Christmas. So if you are the first 50 people to order and pay for a cookbook, you pretty much guarantee a chance to receive your cookbook before Christmas.
If you haven't ordered your cookbook yet, please fill out the order form found here. We have made paying for your cookbook easy through Paypal. Once we receive your completed order form, we will send you a confirmation email that will include the link to our PayPal account.
If you have any questions about the cookbook, please send me an email at LoveAshley@LoveforAshley.com.
Ashley
In a past post I bragged about how normal things have been in the Johansen house. And for the most part things are pretty normal. If you call ultransounds, bronchio scopes, ear infections, blood work, etc. normal then I suppose things are still normal here.
Ashley's ultrasound went well. We don't have the results yet but I feel pretty good about what I saw during the ultrasound. Ashley's spleen is still enlarged at 16.3 cm, which is unchanged from her previous ultrasound in April. Her liver is still there and still appears to be working. The masses/cyts in her liver are unchanged, at least that what I saw...the bigger cyst is still the same size it was a year be ago. Interesting, the technician called that cyst a biloma. I need research bilomas to see how bilomas are related to liver disease. Ashley's smaller cyst also appear to be the same size and are still solid in appearance. Of course, all of this is based on my observation, and let me remind you I am not an ultrasound technician nor do I play one on TV. However, I have seen many many of Ashley's ultrasounds and I feel verily comfortable that I can read her ultrasounds pretty well.
One thing that was interesting during the review of her ultrasound. As they were looking at Ashley's portal vein, the technician said that Ashley's last ultrasound the blood flow in the portal vein was not going to the liver but was going the opposite direction. Which to me means that Ashley had somesort of blockage in her liver back in April. However, during the current ultrasound, the blood flow in the portal vein was now going to the liver. During the April ultrasound, I remember the radiologist seems to focus on Ashley's portal vein and her pancreas quit a bit. When I told Ashley's GI he never said anything about Ashley's blood flow or portal vein. I am sure it wasn't a concern, which is why he didn't mention it, but I still would have wanted to know. I think I need to work on the communication with Ashley's GI. Overall, I feel confident that the ultrasound will yield no surprises.
Ashley was suppose to have labs/blood work on the same day she had the ultrasound but stupid mommy grabbed the wrong lab script. You know there are days that I really worry about my frame of mind. Actually, I worry that I have lost my mind. Forgetting things like doctors orders is something I have never ever done before. Hopefully this is just a one time thing and it won't happen again.
Ashley has an appointment on December 3 with the pulmonologist about her now 6 month old cough. I am not sure if this appointment with provide us with answers but we have to try. Ashley will probably have a broncioscope. She will also have labs done while we are at the hospital. The only think Ashley is excited about is spending the day with me. Although, it's spending time with mommy at the hospital, she is still happy to spending time with just me.
Did I tell you that Ashley made 4 A's and one B on her report card? If I didn't then consider yourself told. Ashley works very hard to make good grades, with her health, days missed at school, and her dance schedule those grades are fabulous!
That's it folks! Don't forget to order your cookbook. So what are you waiting for...go...go... I said go order your cookbook...NOW!!!
First, if you haven't ordered your cookbook please do so soon. As of today, we have 19 cookbooks on order and all but 10 have them have been paid in full. We hope to have 50 cookbooks ready for shipment/delivery before Christmas. So if you are the first 50 people to order and pay for a cookbook, you pretty much guarantee a chance to receive your cookbook before Christmas.
If you haven't ordered your cookbook yet, please fill out the order form found here. We have made paying for your cookbook easy through Paypal. Once we receive your completed order form, we will send you a confirmation email that will include the link to our PayPal account.
If you have any questions about the cookbook, please send me an email at LoveAshley@LoveforAshley.com.
Ashley
In a past post I bragged about how normal things have been in the Johansen house. And for the most part things are pretty normal. If you call ultransounds, bronchio scopes, ear infections, blood work, etc. normal then I suppose things are still normal here.
Ashley's ultrasound went well. We don't have the results yet but I feel pretty good about what I saw during the ultrasound. Ashley's spleen is still enlarged at 16.3 cm, which is unchanged from her previous ultrasound in April. Her liver is still there and still appears to be working. The masses/cyts in her liver are unchanged, at least that what I saw...the bigger cyst is still the same size it was a year be ago. Interesting, the technician called that cyst a biloma. I need research bilomas to see how bilomas are related to liver disease. Ashley's smaller cyst also appear to be the same size and are still solid in appearance. Of course, all of this is based on my observation, and let me remind you I am not an ultrasound technician nor do I play one on TV. However, I have seen many many of Ashley's ultrasounds and I feel verily comfortable that I can read her ultrasounds pretty well.
One thing that was interesting during the review of her ultrasound. As they were looking at Ashley's portal vein, the technician said that Ashley's last ultrasound the blood flow in the portal vein was not going to the liver but was going the opposite direction. Which to me means that Ashley had somesort of blockage in her liver back in April. However, during the current ultrasound, the blood flow in the portal vein was now going to the liver. During the April ultrasound, I remember the radiologist seems to focus on Ashley's portal vein and her pancreas quit a bit. When I told Ashley's GI he never said anything about Ashley's blood flow or portal vein. I am sure it wasn't a concern, which is why he didn't mention it, but I still would have wanted to know. I think I need to work on the communication with Ashley's GI. Overall, I feel confident that the ultrasound will yield no surprises.
Ashley was suppose to have labs/blood work on the same day she had the ultrasound but stupid mommy grabbed the wrong lab script. You know there are days that I really worry about my frame of mind. Actually, I worry that I have lost my mind. Forgetting things like doctors orders is something I have never ever done before. Hopefully this is just a one time thing and it won't happen again.
Ashley has an appointment on December 3 with the pulmonologist about her now 6 month old cough. I am not sure if this appointment with provide us with answers but we have to try. Ashley will probably have a broncioscope. She will also have labs done while we are at the hospital. The only think Ashley is excited about is spending the day with me. Although, it's spending time with mommy at the hospital, she is still happy to spending time with just me.
Did I tell you that Ashley made 4 A's and one B on her report card? If I didn't then consider yourself told. Ashley works very hard to make good grades, with her health, days missed at school, and her dance schedule those grades are fabulous!
That's it folks! Don't forget to order your cookbook. So what are you waiting for...go...go... I said go order your cookbook...NOW!!!
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