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As you know 'Little Diva Olivia' had her breathing tube removed this morning and has been respiring on her own since then. She surprised many of the Nurses and Cardiologist by her speedy recovery so far. Hopefully all our steps will continue to be forward.
She has been started on Breastmilk again (through her fedding tube), but has been taking Pedialyte via a bottle. She still has quite a good suckling reflex going. We've been told that frequently after having a breathing tube in, they 'forget' how to suckle or are too uncomfortable to try to suck, not our little piggie!!! She has been complaining all day that we're not feeding her enough.
If she tolerates her small feedings via NG tube, we can hopefully start feeding her milk via a bottle in the next 24 hours. This puts us one step closer to leaving the PCTU (Pediatric Cardio Thoracic Unit -- Carciad ICU) and heading to Moderate care. Yeah!!!
On a seperate note, you might have noticed that
we haven't posted any recent pictures of Oliva. Sara and I decided that the pictures of her on a respirator and with her chest open were too
private & personal to be placed on a Public Blog. There is no need for our teenage Oliva to be haunted by such pictures in the Public Domian. So to prove our little Peanut is doing well, here's a shot from this morning w/o breathing tube...
I'm writing this from home, because I'm resuming work tomorrow, its going to suck not being at her bedside to watch her continued improvment. I also feel bad for leaving Sara alone to deal with any issues that come up. Thank God for Sara's mom, she's been invaluable to us in our time of need!! We love you!
I'll have to encourage Sara to post any new developments to keep feeding our Blog Junkies thier Olivia Fix. I will probably also do a post about Congential Heart Disease and what we can do to help fight this common problem. For now Good Night & Sleep Tight
That photo is priceless. I want to hold and smooch her right now. I know I have to wait in a long line. Was wondering if we would hear any more news this p.m. Glad to hear all is going well.I can sleep better now also. Thank you for taking the time to keep us posted.Welcome home.
ReplyDeleteJay is sitting in my lap as I read this and he is excited to see the picture of his little Diva friend Olivia! Keep up the good work little Diva!
ReplyDeleteWonderful news!!!
ReplyDeleteHarriett and Tony
Look at those precious eyes! She is beautiful. We understand that you didn't want to put pictures up of her with all the wires and gadgets. It wasn't necessary. I'm so glad to hear she is eating so well! Welcome back - I know it will be extremely difficult not to be by her side, but she will be home before you know it.
ReplyDeleteJust like flying. "An Uneventful flight is an Excellent flight!" Now you know that she's not going to react badly to all the meds used during surgery etc. so the risk in the upcoming surgeries is definitely lower, which has to be a comfort.
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely the best news going. One look at this blog reinforces the fact that people love to hear GOOD news!