Well the ole winter cold has finally taken its toll on our little munchkin.
About 2 weeks ago, she picked up a nasty virus and just when we thought she'd shaken the worst of it, she got a chesty cough which she just couldn't handle. Her oxygen saturation levels dropped and we ended up back in hospital for 4 days. We've been at home now for a couple of days and though she still has a cough, she is a lot better and is starting to get her energy back.
Unfortunately, it was a wee step back for Ash because she needed oxygen to recover, which was very disappointing for us since she's been off it now for 7 months. We also had to resort to feeding her through her Mic-Key button cause she refused to eat or drink anything. Hopefully we'll have her eating and drinking independent of her tube in another week or so. At the moment she's still quite weak after being sick, and she is quite dehydrated after having the runs for about 8 days so we'll keep giving her fluids down the tube for now.
The other news regarding Ash's health is that we finally have a date to get her foot surgery done. She is getting both feet operated on at the same time on August 27th so please say a prayer for her then. It will be a pretty major surgery, correcting the shape and structure of her rocker-bottom feet, and she will have wire in her feet for a while after, securing the bones into their new position. She will also need casts for about 12 weeks post-surgery but hopefully she'll have them off for Christmas.
Well that's about it for now. Ashling is going through a real cuddly phase at the mo - which we're lovin! She could kiss and cuddle us all day if we'd let her. It's great!
