Tuesday Update

So today the urinalysis came back negative. This means that there are no bacterial infections that they can find. They plan to recheck the With that, they discontinued her IV antibiotics today. They also cut Olivia's steroids in half today. She is still just getting feedings from a pump through her G-tube. Her blood pressures have been high from the steriods and being sick so they have had to give Olivia a second blood pressure medication to keep these in check. They have been trying to ween the oxygen and the flow, but Olivia hasn't been tolerating that very well. Tonight they are going to try to just decrease the flow and see how well Olivia tolerates that. One thing that has been concerning Joe and I is that Olivia's heartrate has been dipping down quite low at times. This happens mostly when she is sleeping, but has dipped as low as 58. We have asked about possibly having an echocardiogram done since her heartrate has been dipping and her blood pressure has been so high. The doctor tonight said that if her heartrate keeps dipping they may consider an EKG. We still have no idea when we'll be able to go home, but Olivia definitely seems much better today. She actually showed interest in her toys today, and played a little bit. No smiles yet, but I am sure they are coming back soon.