The Famous Bunny Slippers

These are the beautiful bunny slippers you have heard so much about. They have been through it all with Ash. They are the bunnies that had to get a hair cut (click here for details) due to Ashley's antics. They are the ones that keep her warm when the night are cold. They are there when she falls asleep at night, and they are there when she wakes up. The have been through MRIs, Cat Scans, X-rays, echocardiograms, upper GIs, broncoscopies, central line changes and all the other tests and procedures our Ash puts up with. Many times these bunnies are the only bit of clothing Ash gets to wear. I am quite sure they make her feel like a girl while she endures all she must go through.

I am really enjoying getting to see Ash. She is in there behind the vent and sometimes I get to see the sparkle in her eyes that I miss so much while I am away. She is pretty heavily sedated on the vent so I have not gotten to spend much time with her, but I know that she knows that we came to see her. I am really hopeful that she will come off the vent before we leave so I can hear the growling I have come to love.

Earlier this week I had just sat down to eat dinner at a restaurant when I heard a man walking around the restaurant asking for David Adams. He was working the room looking for me. I told him who I was and he told me I had a phone call. I knew this was not a good thing. I picked up the phone and it was a friend of ours telling me that Trish was trying to reach me. I immediately called Trish and she did not answer. It was one of the moms of another transplant baby. One of Ashley's little friends. She informed me that that Ash had gone into cardiac arrest. For a moment I thought this was the phone call I had been dreading. Then she continued to tell me that she is OK. She passed the phone to Trish and I heard my wife crying I knew that things were not OK right now. Trish tried to explain to me what was going on but honestly I could not understand her through the tears. Next thing I know I was talking with an assistant who was able to fill me in on the situation. I won't repeat the rest as you heard it in the earlier posts, but I just wanted to let you know how great it is to see her today. Not just her body, but to see her little personality. There was a couple of days when we didn't know what damage had been done and to see her play and smile and try to rip off my face today was such a blessing. I thank God that she is still here with us and I thank Him for making her such a fighter. I can't wait to see what He is going to do in her life in the coming days, weeks, months and years.

Thank you to each one of you. You are so important to us and such an important part of Ashley's Story.

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