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Latest · November 9, 2026FIRST PLACE FOR TEAM OLIVIASTRONG!

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New normal for next two weeks…@novanthealth @novanthealthfoundationOh happy day!!!! We are home and Olivia couldn’t be happier! She will…stay on antibiotics connected though her port for the next two weeks. I will play nurse and change out the eclipse ball to keep her meds on…Olivia feels SO good, can open her eye and is out of bed!!!We are hopeful that we will get to go home on Thursday. Doctors plan to take her off of her IV meds tomorrow and transition to oral. Her…Olivia is feeling betterHer eye swelling is going down and she’s gaining an appetite. So we’re doing some virtual learning. 👍🏼👍🏼Great check-up with Olivia’s ophthalmologist just now!He was able to get her eye open enough to give her an exam. Her pupil looks good, no damage. She can see numbers and letters. This eases our mind. She’s having a good day and swelling is down from this morning. 👍🏼👍🏼No huge over night changes with Olivia’s eyeI feel the swelling has gone down slightly but nothing major. Eating is difficult because chewing irritates her eye (who knew!) and nothing…@jessithetherapydog always brings a smile to our faces and makes our…days brighter! @novanthealthNot much has changed from yesterdayHer eye is still very swollen and red. We are going to change her antibiotics to something a bit stronger in hopes that it starts to…I am so thankful for my sweet friend @lianamarie83 who brought…@n.atalier.eese up to the hospital this evening to spend time with Olivia. Thank you for being such a sweet friend and thank you for my…Your Saturday isn’t as cool as ours…Olivia’s spirits are much better…now that her sisters are able to visitIt was a long night for our sweet OHer eye is swollen shut so that frustrates her. She didn't get great sleep - she doesn't like to sleep with her port accessed. She is mad…UpdateOlivia started running a fever so per protocol, I brought her to the Children’s Emergency Department. Port accessed, labs drawn and have…Eye updateOlivia’s eye started swelling this afternoon after she woke from a nap. We will see her ophthalmologist Monday morning. Oncologist has also…There is always fear when Olivia comes and tells us that something…hurts or doesn’t feel right. She woke up this morning with pain in her right eye. No swelling. No fever. It hurts when she looks side/side…We all have anxietyShe has a test at school tomorrow and doesn’t feel prepared. We have a 504 plan in place for a reason - she doesn’t like to be treated…One week left!!! Donate an unopened bottle of liquor or $$$ for us to…help grant wishes for children with life-threatening illnesses. We are an event sponsor for the 2023 Make-A-Wish Central and Western North…Treatment 57/66 today…we’ve made it to single digits9 more miserable Mondays to go. #Oliviastrong #killbobWe are up to 70 bottles!Thank you all who have continued to donate! 30 more bottles are needed to get to our 100 bottle goal! You can donate $$ using Venmo @…Just another day of filming with our friends at Make-A-Wish Central and…Western North Carolina and Kim Brattain Media!We are still collecting pop top tabs!Please pop them off and collect them for us! We want to help our friends at the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) raise money to house…Our morning routines a year ago were hard!We were trying to learn all the medicines, when to take what, which medication helped which ailment…it was frustrating. Things are much…56/66…10 weeks to go!!! Counts were good today and infusion is…underway. no school today so little sister came to clinic with us!Ok friends…we have 57 bottles of liquor that have been donated to us to…help sponsor the 2023 Make-A-Wish annual wish ball to help raise money for children with life threatening illnesses. Our goal is to get to…Family fun night!Mario kart race challenge against dad. For those of you that do not know…Kevin will never let the girls win a game!