If your just now stumbing uppon Paxtons Path, you should check out the birth story of my first born, Paxton, here! It's not pleasant, and I want to give a huge trigger warning to anyone who has experianced birth/newborn trauma. The cringy buzz of the alarm goes off. It's 12/12 and today is the day!… Continue reading Stranger things have happened!
Author: ashleyjeansims
I'm a mommy to a very special boy. He's a heart warmer and a fighter. It's been a tough journey but it's worth it for his beautiful smile. And I couldn't have done it without the patients and love of my oh so strong husband.
Post-HIE Pregnancy
It’s been quite a while since I updated Paxtons Path. In fact, it’s been a year! I thought I would come back and start from where I left off, my pregnancy. Post-HIE pregnancy is an emotional roller coaster! There were high highs, and even lower lows. Very early on in my pregnancy the anxiety was… Continue reading Post-HIE Pregnancy
New Chapter
I've not been very consistent with my blogging, but I thought this would be worth sharing. Paxtons Path has been seen around the world in over 20 countries! The support has been amazing and unlike anything I thought it would be! I couldnt be thankful enough! I'm always happy to share all the leaps and… Continue reading New Chapter
Up and Past
The past is like a river. Sometimes it wades, sometimes it comes rushing up and drowns everything in sight. Sometimes all you can remember is the overbearing silence. The chaos. The suffocation. Trying every second to take a breath only for your lungs to scream for you to stop breathing. When days are good, they're… Continue reading Up and Past
Almost three! So many updates!
Paxton's third birth is coming up. The emotions are high. How was it three years ago you were healthy and in my belly about to make one of the worse entrance ever. How was it almost three years ago we waited for three days to hold you. Staring at your every breath, counting the seizures,… Continue reading Almost three! So many updates!
New life at the Sims house
Paxton came home Monday the 29th! Only four days after waking up from his sedations and paralytic meds! He lost a ton of muscle while he was not able to move that whole week post-op. We're now 2 weeks and 1 day post-op and this strong little man is recovering WAY faster than expected. He's… Continue reading New life at the Sims house
TrachFree4Life
Paxton had his SSLTR on the 18th! He was in surgery for 5.5 hours and it all went extremely well! They decanulated him! So we are no longer Trach parents! They cut open the back of his airway to widen the airway and then took cartilage from his rib and sutured it in the front… Continue reading TrachFree4Life
Pt. 2 Dr. Hill
Dr. Hill is the only person who has solved the big puzzle of a birth Paxton had. I went into great detail about our side of the story, what happened, and our guesses to all of the unknown in Paxtons Story Well after two years and almost 3 months after his birth, we finally got answers to… Continue reading Pt. 2 Dr. Hill
The day everything turned right pt.1
In a few minutes it will be June 28th. I'm up late, with my overworking mind. It just won't shut off. I tried laying down but, sleeping? It just wasn't happening. So I'm sitting on my back porch listening to the crickets as I type what I thought I didn't have the balls to till… Continue reading The day everything turned right pt.1
Before the big surgery!
It's been a while since I've blogged but I figured I would catch everyone up! Paxton is 2 now! And he's doing so great! We got past this winter with no serious sicknesses! We did have an ER trip a couple months back. Paxtons trach plugged in the middle of the night. We ended up… Continue reading Before the big surgery!
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