Scary two day hospital stay.....

[baileyandmikey]

Well, little Jacob and I are just home from the hospital, again. On Sat. nite at about 11, he turned purple and stopped breathing. I patted his chest and back until he began breathing again, and thought it was a fluke. He was fine for about another hour and half, and then he did it again. After a total of five times of him doing this, dh and I were out the door to the hospital. Once we got to the ER they sent us from our local hosptial to the the big children's hospital a few cities away, we had to ride in the mobile ICU ambulance and my little man was all wired up and in the isolete.... it was so sad.

We spent all day sunday and today at the hospital, having tests run, blood work, x rays,etc. THey wanted to do a spinal tap and I refused, he is just too little and was not showing any signs of an illness.... so I refused, they were upset with me, but I promised that if he had any more issues, we would return to the hospital. Anyways, they couldn't really figure out what is going on, so they kept him on monitors for the two days..... we finally were freed today, but have to go to the peds for regular follow ups in a few days. They did mention that he could have been having seziures, since dh has them, but we are praying that wasn't it. HE has been happy and fine since, and I am so glad to be home.

[redsfree]

best wishes to little jacob!

[She2dancer]

oh mama, so sorry to hear this! I hope that it was just a fluke and everything will be fine!

When my DS was about 2wks old he had an episode where he stopped breathing for about 10seconds and we ended up spending the night at the hospital being monitored...the doctors told me that breathing issues such as that are very common in newborns because they don't remember they have to breath I was scared for a long time after that....

anyway...sending prayers your way!

[amybird]

How scary! Hugs and good wishes for you and Jacob.

[ilovebabies]

Oh mamma! How. utterly. scary.
I'm so glad you are home and he seems to be fine now.

[marieangela]

Oh, I can't imagine how scary that must have been for you. Glad to hear that you are home and everything seems fine.

[Purple Sage]

I hope it never happens again. That must have been so scary!

[xiola]

That is terrifying! I am hoping that it was a one time thing, and never happens again.

[paula444four]

Oh my goodness...my heart goes out to you! One thing to consider...is acid reflux or gerd...I know my little guy choked till blue a dozen times before we figured it out. Try keeping his head elevated and see if that helps at all. Keep waist bands super loose and keep meals small and frequent. Do a little research and discuss the possibility with your ped when you go. Hopefully..this scare was just his lungs clearing out for good and that was the end of the choking.

Much love.

[Xiaguan]

s to you! I hope that all calms down for you now! What a scary 2 days!

Melissa

[galincognito]

wow, what a terrifying adventure! i too have experienced this with dd1 when she was about 24 hours old and it turned out to be nothing. keeping my fingers crossed for you guys and that everything continues to check out!

[herins]

Oh how scary! I'm sorry you had to go through that, and I hope all remains well now.

[liliaceae]

Oh I'm so sorry! That must have been so scary. I'm glad he's doing well now, and I hope it was just a fluke.

[Devaskyla]

I'm sorry, that must've been really scary. Ds1 had a couple episodes when he was a couple months old & we wound up in the hospital & then at home for a few days with him on a monitor. Ds3 had an incident the other night where he stopped breathing, too.

[Double E]

oh man- how scary!! so sorry that you had to go though all of that. i hope everything is okay.

sending and positive thoughts your way!!

[3for_me]

OMG how scary. I hope every thing is okay with him

[mom2tatum]

Oh goodness, how scary. I have heard, though, that newborns sometimes hold their breath, for whatever the reason...jeez, I hope he doesn't do that again...are you able to sleep ok or are you up worrying every second?

[lanielayne]

If it were me, I think I'd be keeping him in my arms as much as possible. I hope these were just strange isolated events and he is done!

[baileyandmikey]

Thanks ladies. He cosleeps, in my arms, so I do feel more comfortable... and I have been holding him all the time, he seems way too little for the sling or the mei tei still, so he just gets carried by me or dh. Right now, I convinced him to sit in the swing so I could have a break. Anyways, he seems happy and healthy right now!