Tag Archives: Olin’s Mayo Journal

It’s official, Olin has made it to 1! He is a month post-op and doing great. Tummy time is being re-introduced slowly, and we’re finally starting to see some of those advances we’ve been hoping for. It has been an …

I have been accused of withholding information! I’m not, I swear, just busy back in to the grind of semi-normal life. Olin had another follow-up echo this week. His ejection fraction has improved by a couple percentage points. He will …

Olin had a follow-up echo in LaCrosse on Monday. The good news is, the effusion didn’t reappear at all! The bad news is, the fibrooid on his right atrium is still there, although they said it will take awhile for …

I haven’t gotten a chance to update until just now – sorry! Olin was discharged (finally!) Saturday morning. We said our goodbyes at the Well House, packed everything up, and headed home. Olin slept most of the way and did …

The chest tube is out! Already, we are a much happier camper. Tim and I have been having a great day… We hung out, played board games, took a walk, had lunch together… It was just very nice. It’s been …

Olin is doing pretty well, today, all things considered. Tim and I got a very late start, due to a general unwillingness to get out of bed and having to wait for the laundry to dry. We figured we’d miss …

He is back out of surgery. Again. If I never hear that pathetic, hoarse little I’ve-just-been-extubated cry from any of my children again, it will be too soon. Anyway, he has a chest tube exactly like he did four days …

Well, so much for diuresis. And going home. Olin is headed in to surgery for a pericardiocentesis and possible drain placement here in about 10 minutes. The actual procedure should only take about 15 minutes, but it will probably be …