Day 23- On to 20 mls

The unit was very busy when I arrived tonight, our ward is now full after a few more arrivals in the last two days.  One tiny baby was transferred from the high dependency ward as they were full and he was the least ill if that makes sense.  He was very premature and was born in Torbay, the mother is not well following the birth and to make matters worse the parents were told from the scans that they were having a baby girl only to give birth to a boy!

All your positive thoughts are working well because the surgeons decided that Olivia was ready to be put on 20ml feeds every three hours!  Within an hour of this decision before she had the increased milk she was sick and had a reasonable level of aspirate so the nurse decided to keep her on 15mls until the next feed at midday.  The rest of the feeds have gone well so I expect she will stay at that level for another day or two until she is used to it.

Lisa got to the hospital just after midday as she had to register Olivia's birth in the middle of town, we now have a piece of paper that confirms her existence, called Olivia Grace Earp and we are her parents- all very exciting.  Just a shame that we couldn't leave the certificate in Bristol and bring Olivia home! Oh well.

My mum popped in this afternoon to have a cuddle and chat with Lisa.  Still no let up on the visiting rules but there may be some news on that front tomorrow.

We met Tim and Laura for a curry in Clifton after we left the hospital, it was great to catch up and see some friendly faces after the sombre hospital.

I'm shattered tonight so that's my lot for now. :-)

James xx