Preemies

35 weeks tomorrow, 1 month today and had a brady

so yesterday the doctors tell us, wyatt will be coming home today!!! yay, this morning i call to make sure that is still the plan. his nurse informs me he had a brady and will more than likely not be coming home afterall. this breaks my heart, and i am having a very hard time dealing with this today. i know if he is still having issues then he needs to stay at nicu. the last thing i want is for him to come home when he is not ready. but, in all honesty he was given the hep b shot, cried for like 30 minutes wore himself out, then had a bottle. i guess he had the brady while he was taking the bottle. now if i was a tiny little guy someone gave me a shot then stuck a bottle him my mouth i am almost postivite i wouldve been mad enough to hold my breath and make my heart rate drop to.... sorry for the vent, i just want my little guy home : (

Re: 35 weeks tomorrow, 1 month today and had a brady

  • Sorry, that is so frustrating!  I remember the last few weeks and the "count down" being pure torture!  My guys were definitely still having brady/desats at 35 weeks.  In fact I don't think our NICU typically discharged preemies at 35 weeks.  Try your best to be patient with him as he's still really young.  We also didn't "count" the brady's that were done around feedings or didn't require stimulation.  My guys were discharged with apnea monitors at 38 weeks.
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  • I am so sorry that you aren't to bring your little guy home today.  We were twice stopped on day five of the seven day count, so I know how you feel.

    My LO came home with no monitors at 37 weeks, 3 days.  Hang in there, he'll be home soon. 

    Best of luck to you.

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  • It's so hard! We had to go 5 to 7 days without a brady before discharge. She did so well with bradies, rarely had any, while her feeding tube was still in. Once she was on all bottle/breast feeds, she started bradying due to reflux. So, there were many times our countdown started over. It was to the point that my husband and I didn't get our hopes up about it anymore. It's very frustrating when you have an otherwise healthy little munchkin who looks to be ready to go home. But, he WILL come home. It seems like it's taking forever, I know. My LO was also discharged on an apnea monitor 4 days before my due date. Hang in there!
  • OMG I am so sorry :(  That sucks - I probably would have bradied too if I were him.  That really sucks - I would question them about everything tomorrow.  In the meantime - I am thinking about you and am sorry you are going through this.  BTW - How awesome that he is 35 weeks tomorrow and already so close to being at home! 
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