Morning News

This morning Dave and the Grandmas had to leave me and Ash behing here in Omaha. What an emotional thing to deal with. David is my best friend and we make a great team together so having him say good-bye to us broke my heart. I am not the same when he is not with me. He spent the night with Ash and I think they had some very precious moments together through the night. He is the most amazing father I have ever seen and he loves his children so very much.

As sad as I am to be without Dave, God is so good to us. Outside of David my closest friends are my sisters and God is sending one of them to be with me. How amazing it is to see God work in our lives on a moment by moment basis. To those of you who are making this possible I can only say you have touched me beyond words. I am truly grateful for your gift.

I was given very good news about Ash today. I will be able to hold her at some point very soon. The doctors have agreed to remove the foley and also the ng tube! I am so excited! One of the hardest parts of this has been not being able to hold and comfort Ashley. The Father knows my heart even when I don't speak. I am overcome with joy at the thought of rocking my sweet Ashley to sleep today. I can hardly wait. I was also told that out of all of the transplant patients who have been transplanted over the past 2 to 3 weeks she is the only one off of the ventilator. All praise goes to the Father for this. How grateful I am that she is breathing on her own. She does have a very small portion of her upper lobe in her right lung that is still collapsed, but they assure me they are not concerned. They think it should resolve itself over the next few days. Ashley looks so beautiful. I wish you all could see her today. Her eyes are incredible! She is still struggling with pain control and itching of her upper chest from the irritated skin, but I can see God is healing the area of concern. Thank you, Thank you, thank you for your prayers.