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"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. 

New:

* Our first interview with the media, (published on March 12, 2008)

* The “Ashley Treatment”, a one slide summary (updated on May 18, 2008)

* First anniversary update (January 2008)

* Ashley in 2007, a photo album

To read about Ashley's condition and the details of the treatment please visit the main article on the "Ashley Treatment" (updated on 3/25/2007), also available in PDF form for printing; we recently added a one slide summary of the treatment (updated on 5/18/2008).

For photos of our beautiful angel please visit Ashley along the years and the recently added Ashley in 2007.

Also 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 on 12/31/2007) and a section with media excerpts.

If you feel touched by Ashley's story and want to aid a vulnerable child we strongly recommend a donation to The Smile Train, an organization that helps children worldwide who are born with cleft lips.

The material on this web site is copyrighted. We hereby grant permission to use Ashley's photos and to quote from this web site and article as long as you clearly credit the site and include the following link: http://ashleytreatment.spaces.live.com/blog. Printing copies of the article for personal or educational use is permitted as long as you notify us of the purpose and the number of copies desired, and we ask for $1 per copy donation to The Smile Train per instructions at: http://www.smiletrain.org/. Please email us for any other usage.

We are thankful to continue receiving your emails, which are a pleasure to read and a source of strength for us. We will post some of these often wonderful and touching messages.

A quote from thousands of private emails that were sent to PillowAngel@hotmail.com

Received on Monday July 6th 2009

"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."