We were originally scheduled to have her procedures done at noon today, but doctors were able to push it up to 10am. It was actually better for Olivia so that she can eat right away (her steroids make her hungry all the time and she was not able to eat since last night until after procedure was done). It was not so good for me because I was the only one with Olivia. Daddy Mark was still at home and it wasn't in the plan to come that early. Mark has been our rock throughout this ordeal. I felt that without him, I wouldn't be able to keep it together. I tried my best to be strong because I know Olivia gets her strength from me. I had the option to leave the room, but I stayed to see how it was done. At that point I felt like crying and leaving the room. It didn't really help seeing about 6 medical students walk in the room to watch the procedure too. It was a bit overwhelming! Big pat on my back for getting through it without tears! Daddy Mark arrived as soon as the anesthesia was starting to wear off.
We don't have discharge papers yet, but we are hoping we can go home today! The doctors are still monitoring her to make sure she is ready to go home today.
Big shout out to Olivia's friends and teachers! This morning she kept on telling me she wanted to go to class. She misses everyone in school. Now we are worried what to tell her when she is home and sees big bro going to school and that she has to stay home.
Before her procedures this morning, the doctor requested to repeat her blood count because her blood tests from early this morning showed that her Hemoglobin dropped to 5.6 (Yesterday she was at 7.8). We will most likely need to get her 5th blood transfusion (3rd hemoglobin transfusion in a span of 11 days) before we get discharged.
She wasn't really in the mood for picture taking. This is the best I could get for now!
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