Apr 23-30
Olivia had an up-and-down last few days. Olivia continues to successfully wean off her sedation, and has less than a week left to go before being completely off of morphine.…
Mar 14-17
Olivia turned 12 weeks old this week, gestationally 39 weeks She weighs 2.5k, or 5lbs 8oz. That’s 4 lbs heavier than her birth weight. The steroids aren’t helping her make…
Mar 2-4 Update
BIG NEWS - Olivia had her PDA procedure yesterday! We have been waiting for this for months! This procedure closed her PDA with an amplatzer duct occluder II. Olivia was…
Feb 3-5 Update
Olivia weighs 1870 grams - that’s 4lbs 2oz!!! Yes, lots of that is definitely still excess fluid Her diuretic is being increased, and her eyes are looking slightly less tree…
Feb 1-2 Update
Olivia weighs 1710 grams, 3 lbs 12 oz Olivia is being weaned off the morphine, and onto another drug called Clonidine She had another eye exam with nothing too exciting…
Jan 30-31 General Update
Olivia is 6 weeks old! Olivia was moved from the Hi-Fi ventilator to a conventional one on 1/29 at night, which was an amazing surprise when Becky came in to…
Jan 27-28 General Update
Olivia’s blood infection has been identified, and the good news is that the meds she had been receiving for a few days will cover this. Due to her tiny size,…
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 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…