Olivia Jane is doing great!

Since Olivia Jane's Christmas present to her mommy....(being off of everything) she has been put back on oxygen today. She is still not on a feeding tube, so she only eats by bottle. This is definite positive; however, it is tuckering Olivia out so much that she needs help via nasal cannula. This has really upset my sister, so please keep her in your prayers as well as Olivia Jane! Olivia has been given the 'ok' to eat however much she thinks that she can handle now. Please pray that Olivia just needs a little boost of oxygen and that she will come home soon....healthy and breathing on her own!

Thank you to everyone for donating...my sister should download the pics sooooon! As soon as she gets a second to do so, I will get the pics uploaded! The nurses were so excited and shocked that so many people donated!

I love you Olivia Jane! Stay strong and keep getting healthier everyday sweetie! I can't wait for you to come home!

~Aunt Jessie

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!

Prayers Needed!!!

Dr. Pickett came in today to tap Olivia's head to drain some more fluid and as soon as he tapped it more filled in. He was able to get 25 cc's off but it is still full. So Olivia will be having her surgery to get her VP shunt tmrw. He told me that he would take the temporary shunt out and replace it with a permanent shunt that has a tube attached to it. The tube will be placed down the side of her neck and another incision will be made on her chest to guide the tube into her abdominal cavity, where the fluid will flow and be reabsorbed by the body. She will go back into intensive while she recovers through all of this and I pray that she recovers fast. Please pray for her that she does well with this surgery and that there are no complications with the surgery and she recovers quickly. I'm hoping that after she recovers she will start eating even better and gain more weight and i really hope this helps her get off the oxygen. She has been up and down with her oxygen the past couple days but i believe it is because of the fluid on her brain. So hopefully the shunt will fix all of that. Please pray extra hard the next few days for my angel. I love her so much and i want her home so bad i can't explain it. I know she is so strong and i know God has been by her side every step of the way. I prayed to God today as i held Liv to please take care of her and keep her strong and let her come home to me soon. Thank you so much for all your prayers. I am so blessed to have everyone care for her so much.

Olivia,

I love you so much babygirl. I am so proud of you and you have come so far. You are so strong and i know you will be ok. I never realized how much strength i had in me but you have definitely made that show through this. I have to be strong for you and i will always be that for you. You are so beautiful.You and your sissy are my whole world and i dont know what i would do without the two of you. Thank you so much for letting me be your momma. I feel that i am the luckiest woman in the world to have the honor of having two beautiful, amazing little girls. I love you more than anything in the whole world Olivia Jane.

~Mommy

And here comes another part of the roller coaster....

Ok, so we thought that Olivia Jane was doing so good that she may not need the permanent shunt; however, Melissa was told today that Olivia will need the shunt. The surgery will take place next week. She was doing so good, but she is swelling again. They drained fluid from her head today, and it soon began to collect fluid again. Melissa is very upset, so please keep her in your prayers as well as Olivia. Dr. Pickett was really hopeful, but it seems that God has other plans. Once again, I am trying not to ask why, but it is so hard when I see the pain that my sister goes through. I just pray that when she has the surgery, Olivia can come home very soon.

On a happier note, her eye test was performed today and it came back great! She still has premature eyes, but they are great right now. Thank you God! Thank you for your continued prayers, and please continue to pray for Olivia! Olivia Jane, I love you so much..please stay strong sweet angel! God, please protect my precious niece!

~Aunt Jessie

Olivia is a chunky monkey!!! :)

So Miss Olivia is now weighing 3 pounds and 10 ounces! I am so excited. She is finally getting up there. Her little cheeks are filling out and she is just adorable. She is taking her bottles very good still and is now up to three bottles a day. Over the weekend i was giving her a bottle and she finished the whole thing in 7 minutes. We were shocked. She must be getting the hang of this a bit more. :) I am so proud of my babygirl.

She was not feeling very well yesterday. She just seemed very tired and she looked kinda pale so today they are checking her blood to see if she is low on red blood cells. The nurse said she is showing symptoms that she is low so she will more than likely get another blood transfusion today. It should make her feel better and hopefully help her get off of the oxygen a bit better. Dr. Pickett is supposed to come in today to look at Olivia's head and take the stitches out. I hope he still thinks her head is doing good. Please pray with me that she will not have to have the permanent shunt placed. I just really don't want her to have to go through that. Please everyone pray that she will not have to have that done.

Santa will be visiting the NICU today. It is going to be so cute. He is taking pictures with all of the babies. Im so excited ........... Liv's first picture with Santa! That will definitly be going in the scrapbook.

Thank you to everyone who has donated for the wubbanubs! They are ordered and should be in any day now. I will post a picture of all of them when i get them in. I am so happy with the turnout and i can't thank yall enough for all of your donations to help make this come true.

I love you Olivia
~Mommy

Pictures of Olivia Jane

Olivia is doing so well with her bottles. She is now up to two bottles a day. Go Liv!!!! Mommy is so proud of you angel!

Olivia with her Wubbanubs....... She loves her little giraffe and caterpillar! :)

Olivia is so Beautiful. I love her so much!

Olivia is a STAR!!

Olivia was in her first commercial today. Amy and Chris George visited the NICU today to do the commercial for the Melissa George Neonatal Memorial hockey game. This is the game where the jerseys will be auctioned off to buy Giraffe Omni Beds for the NICU. They filmed Olivia while she was sleeping and while I was at her bedside. She looked so beautiful. I willl let everyone know when they are going to air the commercial so everyone can see Olivia in action!   :)

Olivia has gained a bit more weight and is now at 3lbs 5.6 oz. YAY Olivia!!! Im so excited I really hope it continues to go up. I was able to give her another bottle today and she did wonderful with it. It was such an amazing feeling when she was eating her bottle because she was just staring at me and it was like she was just telling me "I love you Mommy". I will never forget that moment. I fall more and more in love with her every day. She started to get a little tired at the end of the bottle but she managed to finish it. All that work tuckered her out though because she was snoozing after that. Dr. Pickett came in again today and said her head still looked really good, so that is very good to hear. Please continue to pray that she will not have to go through with the permanent shunt surgery. We still have not heard for sure but I am still praying throughout the day everyday that she will not have to have that surgery. Thank you all so much for your prayers for Miss Olivia. She is such an amazing, beautiful little girl. Please keep her in your prayers everyday.

I love you Olivia
~Mommy