6/24/13 – Is she kidding me?

Tonight’s visit was fun. Let’s get the vitals out of the way; Olivia is back up to 1.13 pounds.  She is on full feeds with my breast milk and is getting a fortifier to up the calorie intake.  Her Billy Ruben score stayed the same, so it is good that it did not go up. Her oxygen has been steady and she is starting to breathe a small amount more on her own but is still depending on the vent a lot.  I told her she needs to stop that; let’s see if she listens haha.  Nurse T was the nurse taking care of her tonight, this is her second time taking care of her.  We asked her if she would like to primary with Olivia on the nights Nurse L was not there.  She said she would think about it and get back to us. 

We began the hands on and Olivia did great.  Her temperature was normal and her blood pressure was good.  I went to change her diaper and she had a good movement, so I cleaned her up and went to wash my hands while Nurse T measured her belly.  She peed so much it got on the blanket under her so we were going to change that as well.  While I was washing my hands I hear Junior mention that she was going again (this is after we lifted her legs to make sure she didn’t have more).  So Nurse T cleaned her up again and I placed a new diaper under her, so this is her 2^nd diaper.  Once she was cleaned up, this little girl decides to go AGAIN but not just go, she shot that crap (no pun intended) out and it hit the incubator! So we had to clean her up again hoping she was done.  Nurse T placed a paper towel under her before we put another diaper in order to clean her up.  Well, Ms. Olivia had to pee and that shot out as well.  Fun times.  We had to go through 4 diapers.  This food is doing her well =o).  In a day or two they will increase the calorie intake a bit more; this will help her grow.  By the end of this week we should have an update on the murmur.  Things are looking good and Olivia is doing well.  God is making big strides in her life.