Mar 18-21 Update
Today (3.21.23) is Olivia’s due date She turned 3 months old yesterday She weighs 2.58 kg, or 5 lbs 11 oz Her steroid course is complete Becky and Max will…
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 10-13 Update
Respiratory Unfortunately Olivia has not made much progress with her vent settings at this time - the steroids haven’t shown much effectiveness She’s halfway through the steroid course, so there’s…
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 27-Mar 1 Update
Today was Olivia’s last day of Cipro, treating the most recent infection. Tomorrow she will get another echo, which will hopefully show her PDA has remained small/closed. If so, she…
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 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…