Still in the PICU

Sorry I haven't updated in a couple of days. Olivia continues to show improvement. Today they were able to take her off high flow and put her back on just oxygen. It is still more than she is usually on at home, but it's a step in the right direction. They also started feeding Olivia today. They started with just pedialyte, but switched over to her milk tonight. These have just been tube feedings, but at least she is finally getting something in her stomach. She hadn't eaten since about 8:00 Sunday night. Shortly after starting her tube feeds, Olivia's g-tube pulled out. We aren't exactly sure how. My mom was putting her back in bed, and thinks that the tubing may have gotten stuck on the side of the bed. Funny though, the doctor who came in the room a few seconds later thought nothing of it. He said that after they transfered her to another room, they'd call GI to come take care of it. I then informed them that GI told us that if it ever came out we had a window of about 30 minutes to get it back in before the hole closed itself. We did get it taken care of relatively quickly. That added some excitement to an otherwise dull day. Since Olivia is off of high flow and eating again they wanted to transfer her to the general floor. There weren't any rooms available to for now Olivia will stay in her room in the PICU, but her care will be managed by the pulmonary team. I talked to the pulmonary doctor yesterday about doing the CT or MRI. The PICU doctors said that it would have to wait a few weeks. I told the pulmonary doctor that my preference would be to have it done before we go home. That way if she reacts poorly to the sedation we're already there. It would also mean one less trip to Madison for me. She said that would be her preference too, but we'll have to wait and see how Olivia is doing. For now, we have no idea when she'll be coming home. Could be tomorrow, or not until the weekend or after. I'll be sure to keep everyone posted!