31 weeks + 1 day

I fully intended to write yesterday about the fact that Olivia was 31 weeks gestation, but time seems to literally fly by these days between work, visiting Olivia, and keeping up with day to day stuff, it is hard to find extra time in there, so this is a day late (hopefully not a dollar short)! 

Anyway, news on the Olivia front, let's do bullet points:

* Our baby girl is inching closer to 3lbs everyday and I think she might get there tomorrow (no promises though).  She weight in today at 2lbs 15.3 ounces.  So we are excited that she continues to gain weight!

* Olivia is back up to full feeds (which for her is 22 ml every 3 hours) and she seems to be tolerating it well!

* Olivia has been off her CPAP for over 2 days now, which means that our baby girl is fully breathing on her own!

Oh hey, check out my cute nose without my CPAP!

* She does continue to have little dips here and there, however, every time the last day or two, she has been able to bring herself back from it without any stimulation from the nurses, so that is a good sign.

* Best news of the week: her MRSA culture taken at 2am on Monday morning continues to show negative readings, so it seems the infection has been caught and cleared.  They monitor for 5 days but general after 24-36 hours of no positives, that is a good sign.

* Since her culture was negative at the 36 hour point, they were able to put the PICC line in yesterday so no more scalp IV's for now!  YAAAY this also means that she will be able to get her antibiotics through that line and hopefully wont have to have any additional IVs for awhile.

Yay no more IVs hopefully :)

* Her antibiotics will still continue for the next 10-14 days to ensure the infection is fully gone.

* Momma got to finally do kangaroo time with her yesterday after a week of not holding her:

That is one happy Momma!

Snuggle Bug!

We continue to try to remember that this is a marathon and not a sprint, but we are for sure praising God with the good news of this week.  Please continue to pray with us that the antibiotics would continue to do their job and that she would stay infection-free, that she continues to grow and put on weight, and that her breathing continues to remain good.  Many many thanks for all the love and support once again, this is a journey we could not walk alone and thanks to all of yall, we are not having to :)