And the horrible roller coaster ride continues...

Hey Friends and family,

Some of you already know this and others have heard rumors. So I'm here to set the rumors straight.

Yes I am back in the hospital. It once was known as Kennestone hospital but at this point I'm thinking it should be called Hungerford Hospital. It all started on Monday morning when I fainted in the bathroom and hit my head really bad. This was after I spent the entire weekend suffering from dizziness and horrible headaches. I spent the weekend in the darkest part of my parent's basement.

My face looks horrible (I look like I lost a fight), but the good news was I didn't hit my head where there isn't a piece of skull. But while I was in the ER on Monday I started bleeding due to a major flare up with my Crohn's disease (my big trigger is stress and the week before with the staph infection is likely the trigger). So yes I did hit my head and I did start bleeding a lot in the ER but they weren't all in the same. I've heard that there was some talk that I was bleeding from my brain, but that didn't happen.

I was given 5 pints in blood transfusions on Monday (you have 8 pints in your body) and moved to the ICU.

I am now in the step down area feeling a lot better. But it sounds like I'll be here for a little while longer. I know have about 6 different doctors and their latest idea is to hold me at the hospital through the weekend and look at putting my skull back together early next week. This way they can monitor me for any more Crohn's flare ups (which was made worse due to the blood thinner that I am on). And continue to give me meds for the staph infection. Otherwise it sounded like I would go home for about a week only to return again.

Now with everything that has gone on so far, I won't totally believe it's true until it really happens. Basically I won't believe they're going to do the surgery until I'm on the table and they're telling me to count backwards from 10. But I really hope it happens. This surgery has been pushed up, pushed back more times than I care to remember.

Emotionally, I think I'm just trying to deal with everything. I better today than I was on Monday. But this has been a horrible roller coaster that I can't get off of.

And I'm bored beyond belief in the hospital. All I can say is there is no good day-time TV. I'm open to visitors, but on a limited bases due to being in the step down unit from the ICU. Just call, text or e-mail me before you come - PLEASE!!!!

So hopefully this will put the rumors to rest. 

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS, ENCOURAGEMENT AND LOVE - PLEASE KEEP IT COMING. I NEED IT!!!!

-Ashley