Emily back in hospital....

So my mom and I are driving Avery and Emily to their 2nd pediatrician appointment Thursday morning when Emily's apnea monitor went off. This is nothing unusual, but my fear was that it would happen while I was driving and I couldn't pull over in time. Luckily we had just pulled into the parking lot.

We are used to the A's and B's and we just have to stimulate them by tapping their feet or rubbing their back and they start breathing again and their heart rate comes back up. This time was different.....the stimulating did not work. She would start to get her heart rate up a little (to about 110) then dip back down over and over again. Also, she was limp, blue and her eyes were rolling back in her head. We started doing "mini compressions" on her chest and I ran into the ped's office to get help. Dr. Braff ran to the car, promptly assessed her and quickly carried her inside. By this time the paramedics were there and they all began working on little Emily. They suctioned out A TON of mucus out of her nose which had basically blocked her airway and she couldn't breathe.

The staff at Hunterdon Pediatrics was awesome. Dr. Braff was incredible, thank you, thank you, thank you. After they got her on oxygen she stabilized enough to get her into the ambulance and get her to the ER. We went back to St. Lukes since they are familiar with her (since she was just discharged 6 days ago). This begs the question....was she ready to leave the NICU? NO! Somehow both Bob and I knew we would end up in the ER, she was not ready to come home.

In the ambulance and the ER Emily dropped her heart rate several times. We were admitted into Pediatrics and we currently sit in the hospital room trying to figure out what happened. Bob and I have been telling everyone that she flat out cannot breathe, it's torture listening to her 24/7. We also kept telling everyone that she was constipated. These are not good things in general, but especially not in a 4 lb baby. Why will medical staff not listen to us?

Today we finally feel like they are getting a plan of action together to find out why they are having so many apnea/bradycardia episodes. More on that as it happens....