Three weeks and three days

The title of this post is how old Gideon is today!  He was three weeks old on Friday!  I can hardly believe how quick time has gone and how much our little guy has changed and grown.

The reason that I was not able to post sooner was because Friday night/Saturday morning we took Gideon to the ER at 1:00 am.   The previous couple of days Gideon was having trouble breathing, nothing major, just coughing and sneezing.  We chalked it up to allergies or just a baby cold.  After I fed him Friday night he was struggling incredibly hard, chocked himself up trying to breathe and stopped breathing for a few seconds.  I couldn't put him to bed and know that I could wake up the next morning without my baby.

So, I drug Jeremiah out of bed and we headed to the ER.  They finally admitted us around 2:30 am.   They checked him out and everything and were actually going to send us home; but then his RSV test came back positive.    They then sent us down to the pediatric ward around 4:30am.   Where he was monitored, checked out, and hooked up to all sorts of different things (IV, oxygen, heart).  

That day when the doctor came to see him she was worried at how difficult he was breathing.  He was retracting incredibly bad (broke my heart).  The lovely doctor, also a mother, said that she didn't feel comfortable keeping him at that hospital and wanted to transfer us to a bigger hospital with more equipment.  She was worried that as things got worse he would stop breathing all together and they wouldn't be prepared to help him.  They also kept him because he is so young.  Another doctor said if he was two months or older that this wouldn't be as major as it is for Gideon.  He's just too young to work so hard to breathe.

So 8:30 (pm, Saturday) I rode with Gideon in the ambulance to Springfield's hospital where he was taken to the picu or pediatric ICU.  Again they ran test, sucked out snot of his nose and monitored him.  

Jeremiah and I got a room in the pediatric ward (for PICU parents) where we finally slept at 2:00 am Sunday morning.  

Yesterday, he seemed to be doing better.  He wasn't on oxygen, on room air.  He wasn't chocking/gagging himself by trying to gasp for air.   He still struggled from time to time and you still could hear how congested he was.   Jeremiah went home around 8:00pm for he has to work this week and my mom came in to stay with me.

This morning we are waiting for visiting hours to start back up so we can go see our little guy.  Hopefully he'll be in our room today/tonight  (although I'm sure my mom enjoyed getting her sleep).  

So, we are waiting and I'll let you know more when the time comes.

Above:  This was when we were in the first hospital before he was put on oxygen and everything.  His arm is wrapped up to keep his IV from coming out (or him eating on it, or pulling it out himself).    He's smiling even though he is having a rough time at such a young age.   He melts our hearts.  LOVE HIM! 

Above:  This is from Saturday in the PICU.   Don't worry, he's not cold he's under a warming light.  He was playing with Jeremiah.  Our little guy is strong.  Then again, Gideon Xavier does mean warrior.  

I do thank everyone who has given us positive vibes, encouraging words, prayer, and happy thoughts.  We know God is watching over him and he'll be home before we know it.  RSV will take a while for him to overcome, but we know he will.

With love,
Megan, Jeremiah, and of course our precious Gideon