So excited that Mary Ashley has had a good day. This has been her best day in quite sometime. Thank you all for the prayers and support.

We had a long night, but Mary Ashley has had a pretty good day. She has eaten better and has a bit more energy, and much less painful. Plan is to try to continue working to get her dialysis functioning better. …

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Update from Charlene — Yesterday was a tough day. Dialysis did not go very well despite us trying many things, Mary Ashley felt bad, and was having a lot of pain. I was frustrated with not being able to make …

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Yeah- Mary Ashley’s catheter worked well last night doing manual dialysis. Now the trick will be to see if it works on the machine. Maybe no surgery . This week has been a bit of a roller coaster. Sounds like …

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Unfortunately, Mary Ashley’s dialysis catheter did not work very well last night. Waiting on the transplant surgeons to come look at it. UPDATE: Going to spend the night in the PICU attempting some manual dialysis. Will reevaluate in the morning to …

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Mary Ashley had a pretty good night. The dialysis catheter seemed to work well, but we only used small volumes of fluid. She rested well, but her blood pressure is still very high. Not going home today. Hoping for tomorrow. …

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Mary Ashley is out of surgery. She has a new peritoneal dialysis catheter and an AV fistula in her left arm. She did well, now slowly waking up. Plan to possibly take her home later. UPDATE: Change of plans- Mary …

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I have a sad little girl. She wanted to stay at Grandma and Grandaddy’s house so bad. Instead- we headed back to Charleston so she can have surgery early in the morning . On a good note- we all enjoyed …

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This is such a great story! Hope and life for many in the midst of tragedy. It is very similar to the story of how Mary Ashley received her first kidney. Her donor will always live on and be a special …

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