Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today Joe celebrates another birthday in the hospital with Olivia. My mom is going to come up and sit with Olivia so Joe and I can go home and get clean clothes and go out for dinner for Joe's birthday.

Olivia is doing a little better today. She is very crabby today, but I would be too if I felt that yucky! Olivia is still on the high flow, but they are trying to decrease the amount of oxygen and if she tolerates that well they will begin decreasing the pressure. They also started feeding her a small amount today. They are feeding her 6ml per hour through her G-tube. That is on a pump so it is just a very slow feed. That amounts to only one ounce every 5 hours. If she tolerates that well with out spitting up then they will gradually increase those feedings. In addition to those things they have also started chest PT with Olivia today. They have a small pink rubber circle that they use to tap on her chest to help loosen the secretions so she can hopefully cough them up. I though she would hate this, but it is in fact the opposite! That was the calmest she's been all day. She actually fell asleep while they were doing it and woke up when the stopped. We still have no idea how long we'll be here, but at least it looks like she is beginning to show signs of improvement. We'll continue to update as we have new information to share.