Did you know approximately 1 in 10 babies is born too early (before 37 weeks)- just in the US?! Did you know that being born too soon puts the child at risk for more health conditions than you can possibly count - from heart and lung issues to mental and learning disabilities to issues with … Continue reading November is Prematurity Awareness Month
A temporary sigh of relief! The breathing treatment worked and his stats are improving. He still requires high amounts of oxygen support but for the moment we are ok. We still don’t know on the blood work. If it comes back not so great we are still getting transferred. If his breathing worsens again we … Continue reading Nightmare Come True (Part 4 and Final)
Reality check. Nightmare was just beginning. Second night in the hospital and little man’s oxygen stats drop and drop and don’t come back up. And this is already after having to wake him to get him a new IV. We try increasing oxygen again and again and again but nothing, no improvement. Doctor has been … Continue reading Nightmare Come True (Part 3 of however many more it takes to tell the story)
We didn’t make it to the next day. Instead we ended up rushing ourselves to the closest Children’s Hospital ER. Not going to lie....I was flying through a construction zone at night. My little man could barely breathe and it sure as heck wasn’t getting better with the home medication. It felt like forever getting … Continue reading Nightmare Come True (Part 2 of 3 … well maybe 4)
This one is for all the special needs mommas (and daddy’s) out there. When you have a kid you never think of needing any sort of therapy for the child in their first few years of life. Yea maybe when they’re older they’ll fall and break and ankle and need a little physical therapy after. … Continue reading Another and Another: the ever growing list of therapists
