Friday, January 23, 2009

A big scare for us!

This will be a short update. Today, while Amelia was in the swing, she stopped breathing. Mommy was on the phone with Daddy when she looked at Amelia and seen her turning from bright red to blue. Mommy threw the phone, grabbed Amelia, tipped her over hit her back and swept her mouth. Mommy got a big chunk of phlegm out. Daddy came home right away and brought us to the doctor's office. At the doctor's office Amelia did it again but for a longer period of time. They called for an ambulance. Mommy and Amelia road to Children's Hospital with Amelia hooked up to a whole bunch of machines. After several tests, RSV-negative, chest xray-clear, they told us she had bronchial obstruction apnea. We have to steam her every 2 hours, a humidifier on her all the time, Tylenol for the fever, someone up at all times watching her (ok mommy's rule), and saline drops with nasal aspirator every 4 hours. We also have to add pedialyte to her formula so it doesn't thicken her mucus. Mommy has never been so scared in her life. Watching Amelia go blue twice scared the daylights out of me. The doctors and nurses were all nice and did a good job. Mommy didn't know there were so many doctors and nurses in the office at once, they all came running and were concerned and helpful to us. Mommy is scared to sleep!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

How scary! I will be praying for you all.