We had a slight lie in as we were absolutely shattered from a very long hard week. Lisa had been expressing milk all week via an electric pump and we were storing this milk in the freezer for when Olivia was able to drink it. The phone rang just before 9am, the number was blocked and we both immediately knew it was the hospital.
Our hearts sank as it was indeed the hospital, but they had called to say that Olivia was off the ventilator which was great news!! They rang back half an hour later to say could they give her a dummy to stop her from crying, reluctantly we said yes.
When we arrived in the critical care ward it was lovely to see her awake and fairly alert, there was still a large amount of green bile coming from her stomach but that was to be expected. Within 30 minutes of us getting there the doctors told us that she was ready to move out of critical care to the high dependency unit, we were thrilled and proudly walked behind her incubator to meet our new team and other parents.
It was a good afternoon and Olivia seemed happy, we had our first cuddles which were amazing and was really settled when we held her. 5 days was a long time to go without cuddles but they were brilliant! We met with Jonny, Kathryn, Imogen and Teddy for lunch and then headed back to the hospital.
Olivia was doing well and Nanny Kath popped in to say hi. The day ended well and we were over the moon with her progress! How quickly things can change.....
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