It was another long and stress filled day at the hospital today. It doesn't look like Kouhen will be coming home anytime soon

Once this afternoon while I was holding him, he took in a bunch of breaths...gosh this is hard to explain.....very quickly and then he stopped breathing for a little bit. Scared the heck out of me as I never experienced that with my kids. He started breathing again after I moved him around.

About an hour and a half later, daughter was feeding him his bottle and the nurse noticed that his little lips were turning blue. So the nurse took him to the nursery and got a O2 stat on him, but everything was fine by the time she got him there and his stats were 97-100%.

Three hours later, during his next feeding he started coughing a bit while taking his bottle and again, he stopped breathing and his lips turned blue again. This is kind of scary stuff, especially for a first time mom. Daughter is in tears and feeling very incompetent right now

So now they took Kouhen to the nursery because he's not getting enough breast milk and formula (they want him to take 2 ounces at every feeding, he's barely making 1 ounce). They are inserting an NG tube for feeding, hooking him up to all the monitors to watch his breathing/heartrate etc. and possibly an IV fluid drip in case he is dehydrated.

I'm very concerned about him...and my daughter as well. She's trying so hard to be strong but she's just a wreck right now (as am I).

We sure could use some positive thoughts and prayers right now. All are very much appreciated!


sabby