Another day...

Olive did well overnight. Today after arriving at the hospital the head nurse asked us to talk to her in her office. She said she that last night she heard about last night's incidence with the nurse being rude and wanted to apologize. Apparently this isn't the first time this nurse has been aggressive with parents in the NICU. She told me that she communicated with all the nurses that we are able to visit from 8 am to 8 pm, and that the nurse will be written up for her impolite behavior.

We got a random phone call from our doctor at the private hospital just checking in. When we talked about our concerns, they suggested we talk directly with the head neurosurgeon about these issues and spoke very highly of the neonatologist and neurusurgery team at the government hospital.

We originally moved Olive to this hospital because the doctors at the private hospital spoke very highly of the neurosurgeon here. As much as we have grown to love the residents here, we are not willing for Olive to continue to be an experiment for them to learn on, especially with procedures that will may affect her brain and long-term outcome. Since arriving here we have had two poorly done lumbar punctures, and another poorly placed drain with mistakes made when removing it.

All this to say, tomorrow we have a meeting set up with the head neurosurgeon to talk about what the plan will be to continue removing fluid from Olive's head, and to request him to be the one to do these procedures or the same person to do it consistently.

This evening after visiting hours ended, we went with one of the NICU nurses to see Christmas lights downtown Bangkok in celebration of the king of Thailand. We had a really nice evening out together.

Sleep is beckoning me...