She's Back:o)

Well, Ashley is just about back to normal. She has learned to slow down and it has helped a lot, but definitely something she had to learn herself. We kept telling her a few days after surgery to slow down when she walked, but she would get excited and try to start running like any normal 2 yr old, only to fall, and say "owies" There have been a LOT of kissing boo-boos these last couple weeks.

When she was in the hospital, it must have taken them a few tries to get a good vein because she has a mark on every foot and hand. If we ask her if she has a boo-boo, she holds both hands up & sometimes her feet to be kissed. Her demands are getting less & less though now that she's on the mend.

One thing that has changed a lot since her surgery is her kyphosis, it seems to have virtually disappeared. We're not sure if it's because she has been walking for a few months now or if the extra room in her spine in helping, we'll see what the surgeon says on her follow up. Speaking of, that's actually next week, should be sooner, but her Dr. is really booked up. We expect that she will have a good report. Here are some pictures of Ashley's day. She was in such a good mood in the morning. Since she could have clear liquids, jello worked, so we had home made jello for breakfast, so it wouldn't be so hard on her during the rest of the day to fast. She fell asleep in the car ride to the hospital as but as soon as she realized where she was that happy mood vanished as she snuggled her Daddy.
We were with her as soon as she started waking up, this is our first glimpse of her in recovery.



So here she is later that evening, I'll need to fix my date/time on my camera because this is one of the cheezy smiles she threw us just a few hours later.