It's late here but I thought I would give you guys a quick update on Olivia's day today.
This morning Olivia had her echocardiogram done. The results, her heart valve is still not closed fully but was closed a little more than when she had her last echo done on Monday. Their plan of action for the moment is to wait it out over the weekend and test again early next week to see if it's closing on it's own some more. They may give her another dose of IBu if needed to see if that'll help her. Fingers crossed that it'll fix itself and nothing more dramatic needs to happen to fix it.
Overall, Olivia had a better day today. She was a bit more relaxed, her tummy was not as extended, and she was on and off room air today.
The nurses tried to put in a pic line today but failed twice. Her veins are just so tiny still. They will be trying again next week to get one in. She still has an IV in her little hand.
They've increased her milk intake again today by 0.1ml so she's up to 2.1ml per hour now. If she tolerates it they'll increase it again tonight at 10:30pm. Will update you tomorrow as to what happens with her increase.
Today I did some more mouth care with her. What this is, for those who don't know, is you dip a q-tip into my milk and then put it in her mouth for her to suck on to get her sucking reflexs going. She took a bit from me so that was exciting.
On a good front, once again our little princess has gained more weight! She's now up to 595 grams! Almost 600!! She's growing like a weed!:) She's looking more plump now. I'll post a photo of her tomorrow taken this afternoon. She's cute as a button she:) I love her very much!
Well, that's about it for now. Off to sleep for me!
Thanks again for reading! Night everyone!
-Monique