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…
Mar 5-9 Update
Olivia has recovered from her PDA Surgery and is in the midst of a steroid treatment now The hope is that the steroids will help Olivia’s lung development, and reduce…
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…
Mar 3 – PDA Procedure Update
Just a quick update from Dan about Olivia's PDA: Olivia had her PDA closing procedure around 1pm today. The doctor said it took 3.5 minutes and it went well! Recovery…
Feb 24-26 Update
Olivia has been completely weaned off the nitric oxide for the first time in weeks, and the paralytic was stopped After this, the team did a repeat echo to look…
Feb 21-23 Update
Boston Children's Hospital Olivia was moved to Boston Children’s Hospital on 2/20 at 9pm. The transport was very difficult for her. She required significant additional support both during and once…
Feb 17-20
EXCITING NEWS! OLIVIA IS BEING MOVED TO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FOR THE PDA PROCEDURE! There were several steps before getting to this point. We’ve been waiting for this since Saturday, when…
Feb 6-11
There hasn’t been much going on with Olivia, which is why we haven’t updated recently. Honestly, this is a good thing. Antibiotics: She’s on day 19/21 for her antibiotic. Once…
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…
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…