Day +10

I get to fall asleep tonight in a beautifully decorated room. My dad and I went streamer and paint crazy after Livi fell asleep so she will wake to her first birthday suprise. I'm excited for her to see it.

Her blood pressure was much improved today. Not perfect but no where near the high numbers of yesterday. I'm so thankful. She had a pretty good day...rough moments but overall pretty good. The meds are being controlled a better and so her sleep is more peaceful and her nausea doesn't seem to be an issue. She has mucusitous but it seems to be staying the same (not getting worse). Her bottom is still raw but no worse.

I only took one photo today. Guess I just forgot. But here it is...Miss Alivia taking a bath. She wears this visor to keep the soap out of her eye and she wears Glad Press and Seal over her broviac to keep it dry. The tub is really small but perfect for her. She gets to be unhooked from all her tubes for that little bit each day and it is nice to see her without them.


I got all the info for those who want to be designated donors for Alivia. If you are A+ you can donate platelets and O+ you can donate red blood cells. I need your name as it appears on your drivers license and date of birth to get you signed up to be a designated donor. You can either donate at the Donor Center (670 Cherry Drive, Hershey) no appointment necassary, Monday through Friday 8-4 or at the Hospital Blood Bank (by appointment only...call 531-8232) Weds 5-7:45 or Sunday 8-3:45. You have to be on the list before you donate in order for Alivia to use it. If you just want to donate for the credit (any blood type other than A+ or O+) then go to your local donor center (not sure what to do outside PA but you could try) and say that you want the credit to go to Alivia Haughery at Hershey Medical Center.

We got a ton of cards today. It was fun for everyone reading them.
Thanks to....
The Camps
Matt, Viv, Nicholas and Hannah (cute photos...I think Hannah looks like you, Viv, when she smiles)
The Walsh's (loved the family photo)
The Kisic's (cute dog and it was great getting to show my in-laws who you were)
Aunt Marcy (loved the photo reenactment...you are the best)
The Rice's
Great Aunt Lisa (the famous GAL...call me about a visit)
Yoders (T-minus 2 days...)
Kathy McVicker (the toys were a huge hit. We raced the penguins)
The Plesnichers
Dick and Barbara White (loved the family photo)
Marmie
Marge Lageman
Max and Laura Mohney
Grace and Samual (Livi laughed outloud when she saw the picture of you guys. She misses you like crazy. We hung one of the pics in her bed and each time she sees it she laughs. Giant Hugs from Mimi and Livi)
Jessica Bennett (I can't believe you bought the table for Livi...it is so sweet and exactly what I wanted. Thank you so much!)
The Wallworks (Alivia played the song in the book over and over and when she saw the picture of Erin she said "ern ( her version of Erin))
Dan and Deb VanHorn (Livi liked the cows)
Stella (you have gotten so much bigger since you were at our house)
Bill and Cynthia for the Tinker Bell toy. Livi really liked it (as you saw)
Scott and Ang- Loved seeing you tonight. Livi is going to love playing with the play dough toy. and the Dora candle was such a great idea (I was wondering what I would do for a candle) Love you guys.

We are saving all the packages to open tomorrow so it feels more birthday-ish. I will take lots of photos tomorrow and try to get a picture of the photo wall which has grown a whole lot.