We had to take Elijah to Children's last night. After being in bed for 2 hours, he woke up laboring really hard to breathe and sounding really congested. We didn't even bat an eye and ran him to the hospital right away. With his heart condition, we do not mess around with anything. Listening to him, I was a little worried about pneumonia, but thankfully his lungs looked and sounded clear, so that means he probably has a viral infection. Eli's O2 sats were on the low side for him, which would suggest that his heart function is a little strained, so we need to keep an eye on him these next couple days. We are going to call Dr. G in the morning to see what he suggests. For now, we are going on little to no sleep, propping Elijah between us in our bed so his congestion doesn't settle in his chest and so he can hopefully breathe a little easier. Right now Dan is sitting with him in the bathroom with the hot water running in an attempt to humidify and clear some of his gunk up. The ER doctor was hesitant to give him a prescription of any kind before talking to his cardiologist. It's amazing how simple things are never simple with a baby with a heart condition. Keeps us on our toes!
Anyway, please say a prayer for our man. He needs some good, uncongested rest. Also, we just wish for this not to be (or turn into) anything more serious. He was AMAZING in the hospital last night. He hadn't gotten hardly any sleep and was still so happy and cooperative. He flirted and smiled and giggled at all the doctors and nurses. We're so blessed to have such an amazing baby.
Ok, change of plans. Elijah is really struggling to breathe right now so we are headed back to the hospital. More later..
2 comments:
We will be thinking of you and keeping you in our prayers all morning. Give little chunky monkey a squeeze for us!!!
Oh thats not good... nothing worse than when you have to make emergency trips to hospital...
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