Elijah is doing better now. The past few days he seemed to get worse, especially at night. On Thursday night I didn't sleep at all, I sat up and watched him. He was so stuffy, wheezing, and was breathing really fast. His hands and feet were turning blue again as well as his lips. I came very close to going to the ER, but I hate to expose him to those germs and to the hospital staff who don't really know how to deal with such a small baby with his unique circumstances. So I gave him a breathing treatment and watched him. I took him to the doctor the next morning. He had a ear infection. The doctor is afraid that he is aspirating his food, so we can't feed him anything other than formula until he has a swallow study done. That means more traveling. I just hope he passes the test!
I am thankful that he did well last night and is doing well tonight too. I haven't had to give him a breathing treatment since yesterday! YAY!
Well I know this is a short post. I'm just so tired. I plan on doing a blog detailing our time in Florida with Elijah and his brothers. I am going to use the journal I kept in the NICU and the myspace blog that I updated during that time to help me remember! So keep checking back! I hope to start on that soon!
The continuing journey of Elijah surviving triplet brother of David and Lucas, born 16 weeks to early due to Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome, he is a NEC survivor, and weighed 1lb 8oz at birth. This blog starts during Elijah's hospitalization and continues to the present time. Thank you for praying for Elijah! If you have time I would love for you to leave a short comment, and click on the follow me link in the sidebar, check back often for updates!
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Hi Denise! Nice to "meet" you. :) Thanks for stopping by on my blog! Your little boy Elijah (love that name by the way) is so sweet. Sorry he is feeling yucky, but what a miracle he is! wow!! He will be in my prayers from now on.
Have a great day!!
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