Jan 29 Update
(Sorry for posting this one late! -Dan) It’s been a bit since our last update, but Olivia and the whole family have been doing well. Zzzzzzz... Olivia now weighs 8.39…
Oct 3 Update
(This update took me a little longer than I wanted to post, sorry for the delay! Have a beautiful Olivia pic taken by one of her nurses, Kat, as an…
Sept 20 Update
Happy 9 months to Olivia Hope! This little rockstar has enjoyed her second month home with her family. Olivia is doing better at almost-rolling, and is no longer bothered with…
July 18 Long (but good) Update
Olivia is now spending 12 hours off the vent on trach mist or the HME (Heat Moisture Exchanger)! She loves not being on the vent, and we love it too.…
July 10 Update
Sunday, Becky and Max celebrated Olivia’s homecoming in different ways: Becky had a beautiful baby shower with some family and friends, with a Lion King/jungle theme (same as Olivia’s nursery!).…
July 6 Update
BIG NEWS - WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY DISCHARGE DATE SET FOR LATE JULY!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Nap chairs are the best, amirite? Respiratory: Olivia is now doing 2 hours of time off…
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.…
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…
December 29 – 31
12/29 NICU - 11:55 AM Follow-up echo to happen to review PDA progress once last dose of Indomethacin are given at 9PM tonight Depending on how it looks, this could…
Dec 26 & 27 – NICU
12/26 6:30PM NICU Digestive Olivia Weighs 680 grams (up 10?) Blood sugar in 110s Triglycerides higher, so nutrition is being modified (nothing to be worried about) Feedings are being auto-pushed…