Olivia is continuing to make improvements tonight and is requiring less oxygen than this morning. We are now expecting her to be at DeVos for between one and two weeks, but the neonatologist believes that she will have no lasting effects from her early start. Steve has been with her all afternoon and I have been resting and trying to recouperate from the surgery and long car ride last night (along with the severe sleep deprivation). Abby also needed some serious mommy time and has still been having some mini-meltdowns throughout the day.I'm hoping to spend all day tomorrow at the hospital with Olivia and Steve, or at least as much of it as my body will allow. We've borrowed a iTouch from one of my wonderful little sisters, so we should be able to update you all throughout the day as we get more information.
2 comments:
It's awesome to see the first picture of Olivia and I'm thrilled that she is making progress! It's so exciting to see them get stronger:)
Reading your blog has brought tears to my eyes as I remember and relive our NICU days with the twins. Having a newborn is so wonderful but I know having a preemie newborn can be stressful. During one particularly difficult time for me the neonatologist said to me, "take lots of pictures because one day soon this will all be such a distant memory. One day," he said, "this little preemie who is connected to all these monitors and machines and fighting for strength will be running and laughing and learning like every other kid, despite a rocky start at life. Take a lot of pictures because there will come a day where you do not even believe that you went through all this."
Those words were a huge encouragement to me and I somehow found it helpful to document everything in pictures. I'm not sure that I would say that
those days are such a distant memory but I do find it miraculous to see their growth and development despite prematurity.
Take lots of pictures, Jen, so that you can show Olivia the stuff she is made of, so that when she graduates law school, or becomes president of the US, she can see how far God has brought her!
I hope you have peace and joy during Olivia's early days. God bless!!!
What good advise Becca just left you, and what a precious picture of little Olivia! We can hardly wait for the time we can hold and cuddle with her. She is truly a little princess!!
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