Mummypants
28-05-2011, 06:21
Well we had the shock of our lives last night! My DS stopped breathing and thank god I had my nursing skills to resuscitate him, so a little info prior to this....
DS is a 30 weeker prem now 5 months or 3 months corrected, he was off his feeds for two days, fussing the first day and by the 2nd he was plain out refusing, I put it down to reflux, then last night he seemed lethargic, glassy eyed and nappies seemed less frequent, and his temp was 34.3 with 1wrap, 3 blankets and a heater! I had just said to hubby get some things together I think we need to go to hospital as I was scared he was getting dehydrated.
Well I walked out to the kitchen to get a drink as I was sitting next to my bub in his bassinette prior to this waiting for DH to get things together, I was no more than 3mins, when I returned, I looked at bubby he was BLUE, I first thought it was my eyes flicked the main light switch & even thought in the back of my head it was the blankets reflection ??? I picked him up, his head just flopped forward, his arms were like jelly, I was calling him in-between screaming to hubby to call an ambulance now! My DD1 & DD2 came running in, and I yelled at them get out! I layed my son on his side calling him, checked his mouth, nose nothing? I think it's then I realized he's not breathing, I started mouth to mouth I didn't even think to check for a pulse???? And soon he started to pink up... I was like he's ok now he's ok, I stopped and ge started to turn that icky grey colour, I kept going... Until he made a choking sound and slowly he came back... We are at the hospital, I can't sleep as I've watched the monitor all night, he's had tsar after test and we are waiting for the results!!
I just don't know what went wrong? Why? Maybe I just need to vent, I don't know whether to cry, scream or collapse... It all feels like a dream now.
Sorry it is long just needed to get it off my chest! Thanks for reading if you managed to get this far.
DS is a 30 weeker prem now 5 months or 3 months corrected, he was off his feeds for two days, fussing the first day and by the 2nd he was plain out refusing, I put it down to reflux, then last night he seemed lethargic, glassy eyed and nappies seemed less frequent, and his temp was 34.3 with 1wrap, 3 blankets and a heater! I had just said to hubby get some things together I think we need to go to hospital as I was scared he was getting dehydrated.
Well I walked out to the kitchen to get a drink as I was sitting next to my bub in his bassinette prior to this waiting for DH to get things together, I was no more than 3mins, when I returned, I looked at bubby he was BLUE, I first thought it was my eyes flicked the main light switch & even thought in the back of my head it was the blankets reflection ??? I picked him up, his head just flopped forward, his arms were like jelly, I was calling him in-between screaming to hubby to call an ambulance now! My DD1 & DD2 came running in, and I yelled at them get out! I layed my son on his side calling him, checked his mouth, nose nothing? I think it's then I realized he's not breathing, I started mouth to mouth I didn't even think to check for a pulse???? And soon he started to pink up... I was like he's ok now he's ok, I stopped and ge started to turn that icky grey colour, I kept going... Until he made a choking sound and slowly he came back... We are at the hospital, I can't sleep as I've watched the monitor all night, he's had tsar after test and we are waiting for the results!!
I just don't know what went wrong? Why? Maybe I just need to vent, I don't know whether to cry, scream or collapse... It all feels like a dream now.
Sorry it is long just needed to get it off my chest! Thanks for reading if you managed to get this far.