Jan 25-26 General Update
More developments from Olivia’s sudden worsening of status The primary issue at present is that Olivia has an infection in her blood. When Olivia previously had pneumonia, the antibiotics course…
Jan 22-24 General Notes
Olivia is 5 weeks old today, and weighs 3 pounds - double her birth weight She had been doing well on the steroids but had a very difficult night -…
Jan 21 General Update
On January 20, Olivia turned one month old - such an exciting milestone She is almost double her birth weight at 2lb 15 oz Olivia is having some nasal secretions;…
Jan 18 General Update
Olivia is 2lb 12 oz She had her first eye exam The doctors said her eyes are still immature, which makes sense, and that she will be rechecked in a…
Jan 17 – Multi Update
Jan 13-15 Max got to hold Olivia! She looked so cute in her ducky hat knitted by our family friend Jeanne She weighs 2lbs 9oz - up an entire pound…
Jan 9-12 General Update
Becky got to hold Olivia on 1/9! First time Becky has held her in 16 days. She can already wave to the camera! Olivia received a head ultrasound on 1/10…
Jan 5-8 – Multi-Day Update
Sorry this one took a little longer -- life got busy, parents are tired, and updates are smaller and less frequent. I'm going to try to paraphrase this update instead…
Jan 4 – NICU
Weight is 910 grams - that’s 2 lbs!!! 12 ml feedings 8 times a day Team wants to test how she “bags” today, then think about moving her to lower…
Jan 3 4pm – NICU
Olivia is two weeks old, which makes her 29 weeks gestational age Weight is 830 grams Sedative transition to oral from PICC line did not go as planned, so PICC…
Jan 1 & 2 – NICU Updates
January 1 Lower oxygen Xray showed lungs not well inflated, so pressure on ventilator went up Blood gas overnight looked good Doing well on new sedative Weight is 810 grams…