Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!! Well Olivia did good through her surgery. It took about 45 minutes for the whole surgery. Dr. Pickett replaced her temporary shunt with a permanent shunt and made another incision in her belly to lead the tubing into her abdomen, where the fluid will flow. She came off her pain meds this morning and seems to be handling that well. They were not able to take her off the ventilator because she was still so medicated and was not wanting to breathe on her own. But now that the pain meds are off we are hoping she will be back on the nasal cannula tonight. I am really hoping they will restore her feedings today but we will see. The nurse said that the muscles and the digestive system is the last to wake up after surgery so they don't want to rush into feeding and her little belly not be ready, but i cannot wait to feed my baby again. Please continue to pray everyday for my baby. She still has a lot of obstacles to overcome before i can take her home. Thank you so much to everyone that has continued to pray for her.

Today is the day that the preemies of the NICU will get their Christmas present from Olivia Jane! I will post pictures of the precious moment as soon as I can! Thank you all so very much for your prayers and for any donations that you gave for this wonderful benefit!