Amazing.

Olivia had a fairly stable night. The nurse said she did have to battle some lower pressures, but treated her with some volume and she has come right back up. She is still on her belly, but the plan is to turn her back over today sometime.
One crazy thing is that her platelets are up to 90,000 today! They treated them on Wednesday, and they have come up all on their own the last 2 days. Amazing.
We talked with the kids last night. The boys were back in Macomb, so Zac talked with Jack and I talked with Brooklyn here. They both reacted very appropriately in my eyes and had a few questions. They also both decided they definitely want to come see her. We explained that she would be asleep and wouldn't be able to wake up, but they still want to come see her. So, we are probably going to do that tomorrow.
The Child Life Specialist came up yesterday to see how we were doing and she gave us lots of great ideas to help the kids deal with all of this. She talked about making a scrapbook just for them and they can fill it with all their pictures and memories of Olivia. She said she was going to run out at pick up a few things and showed up with an adorable bag filled with a scrapbook, markers, stickers, scissors, glue, etc... We had even mentioned that Brooklyn loves High School Musical - so there are tons of things in there for her. She also brought up a stamp pad so the kids can do handprints of Olivia! Amazing.
Then I got to meet Jill. Jill and her family know all to well what we are going through. Their little girl was in and out of the hospital for most of her all too short life, as well. She was a complicated heart baby and a year ago February, Laynie went to be with Jesus. She and her mom were here with their other daughter for an appointment and came up to visit. It was so great to finally meet her and it gave me so much comfort. We had been in and out when Laynie was here, but never "officially" met their family. Amazing.
I'm going to be taking Brooklyn back to Macomb for her last day of preschool today. Please say an extra little prayer that Olivia behaves while I am gone. It's that whole 10-5 thing - that's when I'll be gone and that's usually the time of day she doesn't like!