'Just Breathe' Marykate Ashley

Marykate Ashley is my 19 year old niece who has battled Cystic Fibrosis with many highs and lows her entire life. She has a great team of doctors in Augusta and a group of consulting doctors in Missouri.  

Marykate is 17 weeks pregnant and was having an unusually hard time breathing on Sunday. She was transported to Augusta and has been on a ventilator to help her breathe and allow her body to rest.  Her parents, Ronald (Gayle) Ashley and Stacey Ashley, along with her sisters have been with her since she got there.
Marykate's carbon dioxide level isn't decreasing as the doctors had hoped. The doctors have continued to suction her lungs to try and get her some relief. The next step is a bronchoscope procedure and switch her to a High Frequency Oscillating Ventilator.  They are trying this to prevent any further respiratory distress. 

I am creating this this page for the following reasons, in no particular order.

1. Please pray for our precious loved one. She has brought our family her own style of joy and loving ways. 
We want as much of that for as long as God sees fit to bless us with.

2.  Travel/gas expenses, lodging expenses, meals, etc necessary to keep her family by her side as long as possible (donations will be used for both parents and siblings expenses)

3. Any leftover funds once Marykate has overcome this struggle/setback, will be paid forward to another family (of her choice) needing  a blessing like you have provided her family.