Day 14- Small Scar

I arrived at the hospital at about 7pm to find Lisa looking slightly tense or thoroughly pi$$ed off depending on whose opinion you asked.  She'd had a long day today and one of the nurses (amazing as they are) was getting on her nerves (slightly).  Some of them do tend to talk all day for the sake of it and after a while you just want some piece and quiet without having to listen to them regaling about how many bottles of wine they got through at the weekend!!

Rant over back to Olivia!......

According to her nurse she had an unsettled night and was crying right up until the point the surgeons did their rounds at which point she turned in to a little angel and gave them a lovely pose resting her chin on both hands.  Most of the discussion was around how lovely she was and what a little heart breaker she'll be and not so much about how to get her better....oh well. 

Progress wise her aspirate levels dropped again yesterday and were only just in double figures when we left so we're hoping that with a another day or two like that she'll be well on the road to her first feed.  We haven't had a dirty nappy since Saturday morning but I guess there is little to come out now!  Lisa spoke to the doctor who seemed happy with progress and said not to worry at this stage.  On average babies with this condition feed at day 14 so some will be over others under.  Olivia was premature and is a small baby plus she was on antibiotics all last week and her stomach will have taken some punishment when it was outside of her body in the womb, we need to be patient.  If however we get to Friday/Saturday and still no feed then they will give her some dye to try and see if there is a blockage, if there is then it's back to the operating theatre and critical care.......

Below is a picture of her belly button and scar from her operation, the belly button is normal and will get better in a few weeks and the scar from the operation is just below it and a tiny bit to the right of the belly button.  I still can't believe that the surgeons got all of her intestines back inside through that tiny hole!!

I hope you had all finished your breakfast before seeing that!  Sorry!

Other big news of the day was that I completed my tax return, nothing like a last minute rush to get the blood going :-) .

More tomorrow!

James xx