(picture courtesy of Judith Barnett’s website)

A friend of mine, Criss is suffering through a nightmare. Her daughter, Ashley, pictured above with Jack (Ashley’s dad), fell into a coma last Tuesday and was taken to the ER and admitted to ICU. She has an MRSA infection which has spread to her brain and isn’t responding to the drugs they’re able to give her (she’s allergic to several). The drs have told Criss that Ashley won’t wake up and that the infection will eventually take over sweet Ashley’s body and she’ll be leaving us. I’m being extremely brief in my description of the situation because, frankly, I can’t bare to type the details at the moment.

All who know Criss, and countless others, have been praying for a Christmas miracle. However, it looks like God has other plans and Ashley will, in all, likelihood, be crossing very shortly.

It is devastating. A healthy 24 yr old stricken down by a UTI-turned-MRSA infection. Her family will need our thoughts and prayers in the weeks and months to come. She is their only child and they are all very close.

Please take a few minutes and pray, send positive vibes or whatever your spiritual path leads you to do, for Criss and her family as they face this horrible, horrible situation and for Ashley to make a gentle and painfree crossing (should it be her time, as drs have indicated).

Criss has posted a few pictures of Ashley, along with several of Ashley’s adopted bunnies & dogs - view them here.

Ashley is like her mother - a fighter for the underdogs, a lover and protector of animals of all species, strong and independent.

So very, very sad. Her family is going to need lots of strength and compassion to get through this nightmare.

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