Wednesday Night- part 2

Well, just when I get excited about how well she's doing during waking hours, we have a little setback at night. She's currently needing 3 liters of oxygen again to keep her levels up. I don't know if it's even possible, but I'm hoping this is because she is so exhausted. She has had very little sleep last night and today. I'm praying that a good night of sleep will make her stronger.

Hopefully I'll have good news to report tomorrow morning. Good night!

Wednesday Night

Olivia is asleep for the night... Well, minus the 18 times she'll be woken up between now and morning, but you know what I mean :). She didn't need oxygen all day while she was awake. We were able to sit on the floor and play with her stuffed animals (which, by the way, she has acquired quite a collection of them over the past week) and built with Legos. We read books and watched more Sesame Street than I care to admit. She has had an exhausting day because she didn't sleep well last night and every time she went to sleep today, she was woken up for one reason or another.

She is on a little oxygen now because her levels dropped a little when she went to sleep again. I still don't think this is unexpected, though. I'll update in the morning on how she does. It's time for another breathing treatment now. Hopefully she can stay asleep for this one.

If you would like specific prayer requests, we'd appreciate your prayers for her to be off of oxygen while sleeping and to get a good night of sleep. Thank you for all of the thoughts, prayers, and sweet messages. Love you all!

Wednesday update

Olivia did great all morning with no oxygen. Her levels stayed above 94, and mostly were around 98. What a HUGE improvement! However, when she fell asleep for a nap, the levels dropped to 84. So, she continues to need the oxygen when sleeping. As I mentioned before, levels are always lower when sleeping so this is not a big surprise. This does mean that we won't be going home until tomorrow. (And, that is assuming she is able to sleep without oxygen by then).

Although I hoped to go home today, I really didn't expect it... So, no disappointments here.

Keep praying! :)

Good News!

For the first time since we've been here, I heard the word 'home' today! Dr. Wu said that if Olivia can tolerate being off oxygen while awake AND napping, then she can go home THIS AFTERNOON!! Otherwise, it will probably be tomorrow! Either way, I am extremely thankful that the end is in sight.

She has been off oxygen for an hour or so this morning and is doing well. She will nap soon, so I'll keep you posted on how she does.

We also had the chest x-ray this morning. She didn't cry or anything, which is impressive considering the machine they use for little ones. We just got the results back and the pneumonia is (pretty much?) gone, but there is some bronchial swelling. This is common with rsv, and will probably take a little while to clear up.

Thank you all for the prayers!

Wednesday Morning

Olivia stayed on 1 liter through the entire night! That is such an improvement! In fact, they just turned her down to 1/2 liter and she's borderline. Her numbers are from 88-92 right now, which is lower than ideal, but not low enough to sound the alarm and move her back up yet.

This is a huge blessing, and it is just what I was needing to see. I feel like she's finally starting to improve!

I'll update again soon.

Tuesday Evening

Olivia seems to be doing much better. They haven't tried taking her off of oxygen again, but she's been on 1 liter all day! Including during her nap! This is the first time she's stayed at 1 while sleeping since we've been here. Her levels weren't quite up to 94, but they weren't low enough to make the alarms go off, either. They were staying right around 90.

She is sleeping now (on 1) and her levels are once again staying around 90. She may end up having to go up a little during the night, but even if she does, this is a huge improvement!

She is having another chest x-ray tomorrow morning (not fun!) to make sure everything looks ok. The doctor is assuming it will, but she just wants to be sure.

In other news, one of the nurses told me today that everyone in the department wants to take Olivia home! :) They all love her and can't believe how much she talks. I have been SO proud of her (and that's a huge understatement) since we've been here. She has taken her medicines so well, and some of them smell horrible so I can only imagine how bad they taste. She has left the nasal cannula alone. She has never fought a breathing treatment. She has just been such a big girl and made it all a little easier on me.

Thank you again for all of the prayers. My hope is that we'll get to go home on Thursday, but there's no way of knowing yet.

Good News?

We received some reassuring news this afternoon. Olivia has RSV. Most people wouldn't consider that good, but at least we know the problem now. That's why her oxygen levels aren't improving. And, according to the nurse, she is doing just how she should be, considering what she has. So, although I would never hope to have RSV, I'm thankful that we know. Our plan of action doesn't change at all based on this information... It's more of an explanation.

Olivia has been on 1 liter of oxygen most of the day today. She stayed on 2 when she slept earlier. She's about to fall asleep now, so we'll see how she does. Based on these numbers, it is highly unlikely that we will go home tomorrow. Let's pray for Thursday!