We didn't get much time to visit with Olivia today and while we were there she was completely sedated and sleeping. The nurses must have liked her hair because they had washed it and flipped it in a cute little wave on top of her head. It looked so cute.
Her blood sugar was up to 73 today which is awesome! That's one less thing to worry about. Her bilireuben levels are still going up but still not to a level that is a huge concern. One of the reasons it's harder to control this on her is because it usually comes out through the stool but since we aren't able to feed her, she doesn't have a way to pass things though. Hopefully that means it will just take a little longer than a normal baby but she will still be fine.
They also tried the PICC line again today but didn't have any success. Her little veins are just too small. They are going to try to do one with a scope tomorrow and if that doesn't work, they will have a team of surgeons do one with a small incision close to her heart. Very scary but they assure us it is safe.
She is still on the schedule for surgery and will probably have it in the next couple of days. They want to make sure she's stable so they aren't in any big hurry.
She looked so tiny and helpless today. I know it was because she was sedated but it makes my heart ache to hold her and comfort her. It's hard to be away from her and know there's nothing we could do even if we were there. We are continually praying for her and know that the Lord is watching over our sweet baby girl. No matter how prepared we thought we were for this, it's harder than I ever could have imagined. Our hearts are so full of love for our sweet Olivia Isabella and we have faith that she will recover quickly and we'll be able to bring her home soon.
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Your daughter is beautiful and I'm glad she's finally here. She is in our prayer and we too hope the surgery goes well and that she will recover quickly. Congratulations and I love you all!
Brooke, she's beautiful! What a hard experience. How are you doing throughout all of this? I'm thinking of you and love all the updates
What a beautiful little girl! Congratulations! We will be keeping Olivia in our prayers as well as you and Joel. We know first hand what it feels like to have your baby in the NICU and feel so helpless. I didn't get to hold Jackson for the first 5 days and it was really hard. Hopefully you will be able to hold her soon. Great idea with a blog just for her. We did that with Jackson and it was a great way to keep family and friends updated as well as a good journal of her first few weeks. Take care and know that we are thinking of you!
Love-Cass
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