Breaking records over here!

Oliver is at the end of another steroid pulse, which means he is irritable and not sleeping well. In turn, Sean and I are irritable and not sleeping well. Sean stayed up with Oliver most of the night and at 4:00 am, when Oliver was FINALLY asleep in his crib we just knew the nurses or CNA's would need to come in for something and wake our over tired baby...so we posted this sign on the door: 

Dex is short for dexethazone (the steroid Oliver is on). It worked beautifully and Oliver is STILL sleeping as I write this! Thank you nurse ninjas for helping our baby rest!!

On to the best news-Oliver has set yet another record with his platelets...drumroll please...102,000!!! We are so thrilled!!! The other levels I've been talking about have all stayed the same or improved, but nothing has gotten worse! He is doing so well :) :) :)

I had the opportunity to give blood yesterday for the first time since Oliver was born, it was so rewarding to give the gift Oliver has received so many times to someone else-you can only donate blood every 8 weeks, but platelets can be donated more frequently and it just so happens I have the ideal blood type for a platelet donor! Thank you to everyone who has donated-it's such an amazing and priceless gift of life...So many of the kids here are transfusion dependent (including Oliver) and their lives are literally saved because of blood products. 

Well, that's that! Oliver is all tucked in, making platelets in his sleep :) I think I will read the paper! Happy Saturday :)