Thursday, October 16, 2008

Colby's back in the Hospital

Well today has been rough. Unfortunately Becca had to take Colby to the Emergency room at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital today around lunch time. Colby has not really been himself since Saturday. He began showing signs of "blue" and the last 2 nights he has been very restless. Becca was concerned on Monday so she took him in early for a weight and SAT check both of which were good. She was comforted by that and thought that perhaps he had just had a bad day. Tuesday night he was up more than usual and then seemed restless throughout the day on Wednesday. Wednesday night he was up every couple of hours and never really seemed to be able to get comfortable. She called the Cardiologist office this morning and they recommended she take him to the ER.
Once she got him to the ER they began running test. His SATs were lower than usual so they started him on Oxygen. He is not a fan of having tubes on his face or in his nose so he was irritated and fussy as most of us would be if we had tubes on our face and people poking and holding you down for hours.... They ran an EKG, EcoCardiogram, and took a chest X-ray within the first 2 hrs of being at the hospital. Becca was finally able to get him to nap and take a bottle after all the excitement was over. The results of the tests brought mixed reviews. Apparently the chest X-ray showed some signs of viral activity in his lungs which is causing his blood flow to the lungs to be reduced which is causing his SATs to be lower. They are planning to run more test tomorrow morning and see if some of the results were skewed because he was upset and crying. If the results come back the same tomorrow then they said we may have to discuss moving his surgery up.
Our hope and prayers tonight are that the results come back normal tomorrow morning and he shows signs of being better. As many of you know it has been our hope all along to get him to 6 months of age before they had to perform the GLEN procedure. The cardiologist that saw Colby tonight praised Becca highly for all of her hard work and diligence in working with Colby. He was so surprised by his weight gain and how well he had done up to this point. He said that because of all of her hard work then they were less concerned to move forward with the GLEN if it was necessary. He kept saying that Colby was a "good" size baby and that was to be credited to Becca. She is truly an amazing mom to our 2 boys and an unbelievable wife and partner to me. She has showed extreme strength and courage throughout this journey. She is truly amazing and our boys are blessed to call her Momma.....
Our request to each of you is prayers of healing, comfort, and strength for Colby and I also ask that you please continue to pray for Becca's strength and courage. She has not been able to get much rest over the past couple of days and she is spending the night with Colby tonight at the hospital. We give much thanks and praise to God for the many blessings he has blessed us with over the past couple of months since Colby came home. He has exceeded our expectations at every turn which has caused this to come as a little bit of a surprise to us today. We must continue to remember that God has blessed us with this unbelievably strong and precious baby and He will continue to bless our lives through him. Thank you for your prayers and support. We will keep you posted....

Jason

6 comments:

Katie said...

Sorry to hear that Colby is in the hospital. I bet you're so glad you took him in and that the signs you were noticing were "real". You're an excellent mommy and Colby is doing outstanding for a heart baby, any baby for that matter! The doctor was totally right with that one...he's thrived because of your good care and mother's intuition. You're in our prayers and hopefully the results come back fine and you'll be home before you know it! Take care and try to get some rest. Thinking of you...
Love,
Katie

Kristy said...

We will all be praying for Colby and all of you. Try to get some rest although as us mommies know that's not always easy to do. Please let us know if there is anything that you need. You have a strong wonderful family and May God be with you all. He'a a fighter, just keep that in mind!

Blessings to you all!
Kristy

The Davidson Family said...

We will be praying for your entire family...especially Colby and Becca. Becca's strength and endurance is truly amazing as well as Colby's. Your boys have been blessed with wonderful parents. We will pray that he will be home soon!
Love, Tiffany

Anonymous said...

Hang in there guys! We're all thinking about you and praying for your FAMILY. Not just Colby! Everyone! Call us if you need anything.
Your Infra friends

Anonymous said...

You all in our thoughts and prayers!!

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