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All the spunk
Here's a fun story about Giddy that happened last week in feeding therapy. Our therapist has to do stretches and exercises and then we do...
ashleydking89
Sep 191 min read
An (overdue) update
Summer has flown by. In the best way ever. I feel like we really worked hard to make up for lost time from last year, despite the amount...
ashleydking89
Sep 184 min read
cleft surgery 2.0
It is the eve of our next surgery for Gideon's cleft. February was his nose/lip reconstruction and tomorrow will be his palate. This will...
ashleydking89
Jun 253 min read
a glimpse into our day.
As I sat here this morning trying to accomplish so many things I decided to snap a photo. The overwhelm comes on strong more times than...
ashleydking89
Jun 33 min read
success.
It's been one week since our impromptu sleep study. This was a no frills sleep trial - nothing additional monitoring other than a pulse...
ashleydking89
May 222 min read
Backwards.
This is the word God gave someone for Gideon. I had seen her several times at church but never really spoken to her. She came up to me a...
ashleydking89
May 143 min read
healed.
One of Gideon's diagnoses was multiple heart abnormalities. Those consisted of VSD, Double outlet right ventricle, possible atrial...
ashleydking89
Apr 212 min read
Family of 5
This past Sunday, one of my literal dreams came true. We worshipped as a family of 5. We did Gideon's vent break in the morning and were...
ashleydking89
Apr 51 min read
6 Week Post-Op
What a mix of - it's already been 6 weeks! And How has it only been 6 weeks? Gideon's little face is healing up nicely - the scar is...
ashleydking89
Apr 33 min read
Touching Grass
Oh how I am so happy these days are upon us. Gideon is up to 2 hours of vent breaks a day. Yesterday we took full advantage of the warm...
ashleydking89
Feb 254 min read
Post-Op
It is so hard to believe we are already 8 days post surgery. Gideon has been handing everything so incredibly well. Our surgeon did such...
ashleydking89
Feb 145 min read
Cleft Surgery #1
What a whirlwind these past 2.5 days have been. Gideon's surgery was a success - which we had no doubts. What I did not expect was the...
ashleydking89
Feb 75 min read
Travel Day
I am writing this to you as we are en route to where our surgery will be. Is traveling inconvenient? With all this extra gear, yes. But...
ashleydking89
Feb 53 min read
Surgery week is here!
First off, the big thing - Gideon’s first surgery in a series of surgeries for his cleft is THIS week February 6. This is cosmetic, so...
ashleydking89
Feb 32 min read
Welcome
Welcome to our journey. I realize that it is strange to start one, when already so much has happened, but really, the timing is just...
ashleydking89
Feb 31 min read
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