Anxiously waiting

After a week's stay here at the hospital, Olivia has gotten comfortable with everyone again and decided to even spend time in the playroom. She has been very chatty with her doctors and with Lolo and Lola who came to visit today! Thank you for more loads of sinigang!

She did well over the weekend and has finished her 7-day antibiotics today. Bad news is that a different bacteria was found yesterday. Because of this, a new antibiotics was given to her yesterday to get a head start in killing the bacteria. We have been anxiously waiting for test results to come back which will identify the type of bacteria. Depending on the results, the plan of action might change and we'll find out more on how long she will need to be on antibiotics again. This could mean longer stay in the hospital. But because Olivia's blood counts have been consistently good, and she has been fever free for a while now, the doctors are giving a heads up about the option for us to administer her IV antibiotics at home. Things can still change as soon as we find out about her test results, hopefully tomorrow afternoon. If ever we do need to have her antibiotics medication at home, we will be taught how to access her portacath and inject medication. I'm kind of nervous about doing it myself, but excited at the same time with the thought of finally going home.

It might be unlikely to come home before Christmas, but I don't want to give up on that yet. The thought of spending Christmas here makes me really sad. Who would want to spend Christmas at the hospital anyway? If ever that's the case, we'll try to make the most out of it - for both Olivia here at the hospital and for her brother who will be at home. I just don't know what that means or how we'll be able to do that. As I reminisce on past Christmas celebrations, I realize how lucky and blessed we were to be spending Christmas at home with family. Watching the kids open presents is so delightful, and watching my brothers play prank on presents is truly entertaining. But really, I just want us all to be together and that Olivia gets her Christmas wish - playtime with cousins. Today she was skyping with her cousins and she has been asking to go to cousin's house. She has also requested to come home. Soon Olivia, soon...

Here she is at the playroom today. She is such a trooper. Staying positive is the way to go.