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Olivia’s Story: 12 Days Later
About a week and a half later, Olivia started to make some strides. Her chest tube was taken out and then her oxygen levels slowly started to be lowered. Now when we arrived at the hospital, we had certain numbers to watch on monitors and we had certain goals. We knew that she had to be off the ossilating ventilator in order for us to hold her. Myke and I prayed for 12 days for…
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Olivia’s Story: September 30, 2017
On September 30th, We were woken up by the doctors letting us know that, Olivia was officially being transferred to Children’s Hospital LA (CHLA). At this point in time, I was supposed to be recovering in the hospital a few more days, so Myke jumped out of bed, showered, and wheeled me down to say goodbye to her. I don’t remember every detail because my eyes were filled with tears and everyone kept telling me…
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Olivia’s Story: September 28, 2017
If you have been following me on Instagram and Facebook, you know the story I am about to tell. I have thought a lot about writing about the events of the past month. I was worried about sharing too much or scaring other soon to be moms, but then I started to think about how I would feel if I read this story. It wouldn’t scare me, it would help me be prepared for the…
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Olivia: 6 Months
I cannot believe Olivia is 6 months old. I was just looking at pictures of her and it’s hard to believe she was so tiny. Sometimes it’s difficult to think back on the first 6 months, we have come so far and she has only gotten stronger and stronger and for that I’m so thankful. Many different things and people have helped us tremendously in these first 6 months as parents. Here are some things…
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To the Zoo (with a Video!)
Growing up, my dad would take my sister and I to the zoo during the summer. I have so many fond memories of the zoo and I would always get excited when I thought about taking my future kids to the zoo. This past Christmas, my in-laws gifted us a one year membership to the LA Zoo and we were beyond excited. With our busy schedules and illness, it was difficult to get to the…
