Tuesday Morning Update

(I'm posting these from my phone, so please excuse any spelling and/or grammar mistakes)

We saw the doctor this morning. She informed us that we will be in the hospital for "at least one more day". The goal today is to see if we can get Olivia off of the oxygen while she's awake. She started the morning strong, so they turned the oxygen off at about 8:15am. She was tolerating it well, so we got to run around the halls and play a little. After a few minutes of that, she started coughing pretty badly and was ready to rest. (The coughing is good, though because it means the gunk in her chest is moving.) Well, shortly after (around 10am), we had to turn the oxygen back on. We tried for 1/2 and 1 liter, but it wasn't enough to get her levels where they need to be. So, she's currently at 2 liters and holding steady (at 93-94). She is about to fall asleep, so it may have to be increased at that point, but we'll see.

Keep praying!

Hospital Stay- Day 3

Unfortunately, we are still at the hospital. I may get a little technical here, but I thought I'd try to explain what is happening right now. Olivia is still on oxygen through a nasal cannula. She has been at 1 liter of oxygen for most of the day. However, when she sleeps, her levels (which need to be at least 93 or 94) always drop. In fact, she's sleeping right now. Her levels were at 96 before and when she fell asleep, they dropped to 85. So, the oxygen had to be turned up to 3L to get the levels where they need to be. Again, this is the first step in her going home is getting those levels up all the time with no oxygen.

In other news, the nurse let us unhook things and walk (and run) up and down the halls. Olivia was so glad to get down and move around a little.

Also, we may have quite a problem retraining her when we get home. She is getting lots of prizes from the nurses, drinking tons of juice, sleeping in mommy's bed, and watching tv all day. Oh boy! But, she's happy and content, so that's all that matters right now.

I'll continue to keep you posted.

First Hospital Stay

What an eventful couple of days we've had. Olivia got sick again last week. She started with just a mid-grade fever. After 3 days of fever and 2 nights of awful coughing, I decided to take her to the doctor yesterday. (And, yes- we've only lived here 2 1/2 weeks and we've already made 2 trips to the doctor. Crazy!)

Anyway, Dr. Wu diagnosed her with bronchialitis. Before we left, though, she wanted to check her oxygen levels to see how well she was breathing. Unfortunately, those numbers weren't where she wanted them to be (She wanted at least 93 and Olivia was 89) and she couldn't get them higher than 91 even with 2 breathing treatments. So, she sent us to the hospital.

After several rounds of bloodwork, swabs, and chest x-rays, it was determined that she has Mycoplasmal Pneumonia, also known as Walking Pneumonia. We're glad that we finally know what to treat and that it is bacterial because that means it should respond to antibiotics.

So, basically, Olivia is getting oxygen constantly, as well as breathing treatments every 4 hours and regular antibiotics. Her oxygen levels are much better today (hovering around 95, as opposed to 81 last night) BUT that is with the oxygen. We need to get those numbers up without oxygen. So, our goal is to get her off the oxygen and decrease the breathing treatments so that we can go home. There is no indication of when that will happen. It could be tomorrow or it could be in a week.

We would appreciate your prayers for her recovery. Also, Jon had to go out of town today for work (for a week). It was extremely hard for him to leave, so if you could lift him up as well, that would be great.

I'll keep you posted!

I have a couple of pictures to add, but I can't get them to upload from this computer. I'll have to add them when we get home.

Happy Valentine's Day

Big Girl

Olivia is changing so much these days. She is speaking in sentences consistently (Thank you Daddy, Good Morning, More Milk Please, Bless You Mommy, Excuse Me Dagny, I Love You Mommy, etc.) and she loves talking about being a big girl. She loves her "big girl room" and she always wants to drink out of a "big girl cup". She wants a napkin in her lap when she eats, and she has completely given up her security blanket. She's even been going pee-pee on the potty at least once a day for a few days now! I love how much she's learning and changing, but I wish it wasn't all happening so fast!

We went to our first playgroup this week. While we didn't make any instant new friends, it was nice to get out of the house and let Olivia play with other kids. We are going to a couple more in the upcoming weeks.

Jon's first week at his new job went really well. He feels good about it and definitely thinks he made the right decision. I have to admit... I am enjoying having him home so early in the evenings!

Play Dates and Date Night

Well, thankfully Olivia's illness didn't last long. Luke, Sandy, and Adelina were in town last week, and we were worried we weren't going to get to see them. But, since O's fever broke, they stopped over for a playdate Friday morning. It was so fun to have them at our new place. It definitely made it seem like everyone wasn't so far away.

We ordered pizza for lunch and the girls sat at their own table:

Afterwards, they both wanted to sit on the potty. They spent the rest of the afternoon trying to dress themselves... and loving every minute of it!


"If my shirt goes around my legs, surely my pants go on my head!"


Jon arrived back in Cleveland on Friday night (from finishing up work in Chicago). It definitely makes it feel more like home when we're all together.

We went over to Sandy's sister's house Saturday morning so Olivia and Adelina could play together once more. Ady's cousins had fun playing with them and thought this was especially funny:

Later Saturday night, we had a babysitter (thanks to Sandy's sister!) and Jon and I went out to dinner with Luke, Sandy, Sandy's sister and husband, as well as two of their friends. We had a delicious dinner and then went to the House of Blues for some music. It was such a fun night and so nice to get out together before Jon started his new job.

Having Sandy and Ady here for a few days during our first week definitely made the move easier.

Welcome to Cleveland

Unfortunately, this is how we've spent most of the week. Olivia has had a fever since we got here, and it got as high as 103.7 on Tuesday night. (Jon was back in Chicago to finish up his last week of work there.) We found a pediatrician, thanks to Sandy's sister. The fever finally broke today, and Olivia is back to her normal self.