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Ashley Crider May 29th p2

Good evening! Surgery went very well today. The surgeon replaced the skull portion and everything went very smoothly. They ended up putting in the internal shunt but that also went very well. The EVD (ventricle drain) was also removed which means we’re very close to being “bumped down” out of the Critical Care Unit. Once […]

Ashley Crider May 29th p1

Good Morning, yesterday was a great day. Ashley stayed awake throughout the day and had a great speech and physical therapy session. TODAYAshley is headed for surgery at 7:30am to replace the skull piece removed during the original surgery. This is almost 3 weeks sooner than the estimate we received. There is a possibility that […]

Ashley Crider May 28th

Good Morning, just a quick update for today. As you read from the other day, Ashley had a great PT session on Saturday. Then, Sunday, she slept ALL DAY! We tried our best to keep her on her new PT schedule but she wasn’t having it. So, she took her day of rest very seriously. 🙂 She […]

Learning to Learn

It’s almost May, and that means gardening, mowing, spring cleaning, cooking out, and a host of other activities related to the warm weather. Because of the very wet recent weather, it also means farmers are getting a late start planting, May means Mother’s Day and Memorial Day, and May means graduation. I may have shared […]

Spring Is In The Air

We are still a little ways from April as I write this, on the second full day of spring. Looks and feels like spring, too; sun is shining through the windows, and it’s warm enough to stand on the porch for a few minutes with my coffee. I joke a lot about how much I […]