Day 11 in the hospital. Wow! Today was a test of strength and emotion! So this morning Casey and I got a call from Grandma Cindy saying that Hayden was struggling to breathe and sucking in his ribs when breathing, kind of like he did a few months ago when he was diagnosed with bronchiolitis. Grandma Cindy called Hayden's Dr. office and they listened to his breathing over the phone and said to take him to the ER right away. Casey left here quickly and met his mom and sister at the ER in Salem with Hayden. I was freaking out here feeling completely worthless since I was stuck and couldn't be there. They put Hayden on oxygen since his level was low and gave him a breathing treatment, a steroid and epi in the breathing treatment since his upper airway sounded croupy. They ordered a chest x-ray and were going to admit him into the hospital overnight for observation since his oxygen level was fluctuating between above 90 (normal) and 88 (needing oxygen). In the mean time my mom and Casey headed up here to see me and they were planning an ultrasound and biophysical profile on the triplets this afternoon. Casey got here just in the nick of time and the ultrasound tech was waiting for Casey, which was nice of her! Geez, talk about Casey feeling torn between his wife and child. Hayden was with Grandma Cindy so we knew he was in good hands! So, good news for the day…the babies passed their biophysical profiles with flying colors and we found out that all three babies were very healthy and were measuring big for triplets. Baby A (Boy) estimated current weight was 4lb 6oz and above the 90% for a singleton pregnancy. Baby B (Girl) estimated current weight was 3lb 7oz 68% and baby C (Boy) estimated current weight was 3 lb 5oz 59%. So we were so very excited that our babies were growing so well. My mom headed back to town to be with Hayden so Cindy could go to her grandmother's rosary. Casey waited for the Dr. to come…the Dr. said everything looked great and no problems at this current time. So, Casey headed back home to be with Hayden at the hospital. Crazy day! We are waiting to here from the pediatrician and see why Hayden has been having a hard time breathing since his last bronchiolitis episode in December.
The Dr. came in to Hayden's room this evening and said that he had croup and mild bronchiolitis. She doesn't think that he ever completely recouped from his first episode in December. Dr. said if he doesn't require oxygen over night he will be able to come home in the morning!
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