Welcome to Ashley's blog, dedicated for the wellbeing of Pillow Angels, prepared by her parents
This blog received about 3 million clicks since January 2nd 2007. It's previous home (http://ashleytreatment.spaces.live.com/) is now defunct. Works best with Internet Explorer.
You may reach Ashley's parents by emailing pillowangel@hotmail.com
"Every human life matters. There are no exceptions. There is no hierarchy. The presence of the divine can be seen in the tiniest and most vulnerable just as it can be seen in the strong and powerful." by Timothy Shriver
We appreciate your interest in our daughter’s story, which we share to help
other families who might learn from our experience and bring similar life
changing benefits to their Pillow Angels.
Latest:
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Third anniversary update (January 2010)
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Our first interview with the media (published by CNN Health on March 12, 2008, interview was in writing)
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The “Ashley Treatment”, a one slide summary (updated on May 18, 2008)
To read about Ashley's condition and the details of the treatment you may visit
the
main article on the
"Ashley Treatment"
(updated
on 3/25/2007);
also a one slide summary
of the treatment
(updated on 5/18/2008).
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For photos of our beautiful angel please visit
Ashley along the years
and
Ashley in 2007.
In addition, you might want to check how others reacted to the story by visiting
the testimonies section
(updated
on 1/24/2007)
or
the support section
(updated
on 1/31/2007)
that include, respectively, some powerful testimonies from parents and
caregivers who have direct experience with Pillow Angels and statements of
support from people who were moved by Ashley’s story.
Here is a
section for general updates
(updated
in January 2010)
and a
section with media excerpts.
A quote from thousands of private emails that were sent to
PillowAngel@hotmail.com
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"I
want to thank you for pioneering this treatment to aid all the pillow angels out
there in the world today. As a pediatric nurse practitioner I cannot express
the sheer horror of watching children grow into adults and have their parents
try to move them. I take care of a 17 y.o. male with bilateral femoral and
tibia fractures (large bones in both legs) from turning him in bed. He weighs
close to 200 lbs. Surgery to repair is not an option as he would never come off
the ventilator. I have another patient who is non-verbal with severe fetal
alcohol syndrome. When her menses come she screams, will not let you put pads
on her and throws the discharge at caregivers. She cannot have Depo because of
bone loss risks and we have been unable to stabilize her cycle with the pill. I
think if those people who are appalled by the treatment would come and see the
children in institutions, developing sores because they are so hard to turn,
listen to the parents talk who had to put their children in a institution
because they could not care for them at home, and would see the bedridden
children/adults who are raped and then die during childbirth, the argument would
cease. Thank you for publicizing your treatment. I am hopeful that someday we
may offer more pillow angels this same gift and allow them to stay at home with
the people that love them."
If
you feel touched by Ashley's story and want to aid vulnerable children we
strongly recommend a donation to
The Smile Train.