February 12 - No news is good news?

When we arrived to see Oliver this morning he was all tucked into a big boy crib! He lost 40g last night (which is actually a good thing because he's retaining so much fluid). At his last weight he was nearly 8 1/2 lbs!

There is a lot of empty wall space in Oliver's room and his nurses said it would be ok to put things on the walls. I would like to invite everyone to send photo's, prayers, letters of encouragement, drawings (this means you Jack and Jillian!) -anything you would like...we will start a wall of love for him that we will save in a scrap book for Oliver. The address is:

Oliver Bond - Building C Room 206

Ronald McDonald House

5130 40th Ave NE

Seattle, WA 98105

Oliver is still stable and strong. He only has labs every other day now, so we have to wait until tomorrow to find out if his bili continued to drop after yesterday...he had two platelet transfusions yesterday (tends to be the norm for him) his platelet count at 4:00AM was 8,000. There are no changes in the orders for his medications or diet. We are continuing to watch his respiratory rate but as of now he is doing great and doesn't need additional support breathing. After reviewing Oliver's medical records from Sacred Heart the IVIG was not correlated to Oliver's big bump in platelet levels while he was there.

So to wrap things up we still have tests out, and everything that's back has been negative. Sean and I both feel like Oliver looks better today...and his grasp is stronger...for now we will just keep holding him and loving him and kissing his sweet face! ;)

Jack and Jillian's friends Scorch and King playing with Oliver