Ash and lucy

Thanks mom for the pretty bow on my IV dog house!

check out my widows peak...

on the top photo, you can see her neck is swollen...  Doctors finally said either strep or staph infection in the lymph nodes was the cause of her fever.

Clint telling Lucy a bedtime story... I think she liked it!  Saying goodnight was always hard... we wanted to stay all night.

alaska dogs

We took a walk around the dog park... they all liked to swim, chase balls and carry sticks... one of the dogs even smiled for us!

flowers near the hospital

A kaleidoscope of color... just a bit of the color around the hospital...  also Arek and Ashleys sleeping quarters for two weeks.

Mom, Dad and Pee Wee

Checking out Uncle Clint... I think I like this guy!

too much work for a wee born

A blood stain from the IV in the shape of a heart... Lucy you were surrounded by LOVE.

Pai Pai admiring his SWEET granddaughter...

Moose

Mama and her calf.  Arek thought I was crazy for taking these shots.  He said the mom was giving me the look!  Anything for the shot, right?

our first night in Anchorage, AK

May 31st... I got the phone call around 3:00am from Ashley, crying... Mom, Lucy has a fever!  Off they go... dad, mom and sweet, sick Lucy Bell to the emergency room it Kodiak.  Doctors can't seem to find anything wrong with her, but her fever is too high to let her go home.  Blood work is done,  a few failed attempts at a Lumbar puncture are done, and still no diagnosis.  I call Ashley every hour... it's hard to be so far away and not know what's going on... but they don't know much more... a few guesses were, MRSA on her lungs, Meningitis, herpes on the brain (where did that diagnosis come from?).  The doctors there said she was a very sick baby and she needed to be life flighted to the Children's Hospital in Anchorage.  That friday night we made our plane reservations for the next morning.                                                                                                                           After all she had already been through, and not feeling well, she still managed a smile for everyone.  She will melt your heart!