I need a pick me up.

ESM354

So on my way to the nicu to visit DS today the hospital called to tell me that they had to resuscitate him this morning.  He has been doing really good for a long time now and was on low flow at .25 for the past 4-5 days.  All of the sudden during his feeding this morning he just stopped breathing.  He is doing better now but I just feel really down about this bump in the road.  I knew there would be some but that doesn't make them any easier.  I also feel pretty alone because he is on a new team of Dr's here so I don't know any of them, our primary nurse isn't around today and DH is in a meeting at work all day so I can't even call him to talk with him about it.

They put him back on aminofilan (sp) this morning- he came off of it last weekend.  Hopefully that is all it will take to help his breathing get back on track.  Otherwise they are going to do cultures for infection.  I just want him to get better. Now he is on high flow again until he can be weaned back off.

Thanks in advance for being here for me.

ShannonSky

*hugs* I'm sorry, sweetie. Just hang in there, faster than you think, this will all be a distant memory.

Kate621

Hi ESM! Sorry to hear that Christopher has had a rough morning. Expecting setbacks doesn't make them any easier to handle. Try to remember how far that little miracle has come! Email me if you feel like chatting more. Thinking of you guys today!

lemen99

(hugs))) I'm sorry! 

 

FisMom

I am so sorry you are having a bad day. I've had a few days where I showed up and was told DD had to be stimulated multiple times in the night. That's nothing compared to needing resuscitation. Hopefully this downswing will lead to a great big upswing.

Hugs!

Leigh71

I'm sorry.  I know how you are feeling....when my Lauren would have her oxygen levels dip into the 30s...to 50s...and they had to bag her....it was so hard.... 

It always helped me to call a lot more often on those days/nights to check in on her.  It made me feel better....and I would relax when I was passing on information/report about her.  Like you said, when it's a group of docs/or nurses you don't know as well....thats why i'd call more frequently.  I wanted to be sure that the RN on duty, etc. knew all the info they needed to know about my LO.