hey guys
thanks for all the well wishes!
so i have a little update..... for those that have been around for a while you'll recall the issues we had with our first (the list was long). my wife and i often joke about how it seemed that "if something could happen to Jordan it did"..... well, that appears to be a trait passed onto Matthew too!
as i mentioned previously, everything went AWESOME with the delivery!!! both mom and baby were fine. things were going well until about 2am this morning when the nurse who was helping him 'latch' (for breast feeding) noticed his fast breathing. they did a thorough 'once-over' on him and then took him to nicu (pronounced nick-u) - basically an icu area for infants. i'm guessing the 'n' stands for neonatal?
chest x-ray was first up... showed fluid pooling in his lungs, then his breathing really went into high gear - something like 110-150 breaths/minute - which is NOT good!
they immediately got him an i.v., on oxygen and antibiotics (antibiotics in case the fluid build up in the lungs is from an infection)
by morning things were looking a LOT better. breathing was still a little elevated, but nothing to be concerned over. they were also slowly turning down the amount of oxygen he was getting. the nurse was awesome and told us he's doing soooooo much better and to not be worried.
here he is just before i left the hospital:
i came home to get a couple hours sleep and got a call from my wife that he's been moved to a "not as concerned" area of the nicu - so that's awesome. hopefully he'll be out tomorrow or saturday and we can come home (if mom is up for it)
time to get back to the hospital
chris