Day 3

MONDAY

Day 3 is when things started to get a little complicated. We were all set to be discharged Monday morning when the pediatrician came in with disappointing news. During the night they had done Addison's car seat test. Because she was a pre-term baby she had to be able to sit in her car seat for 90 minutes without having any breathing problems. Within the first 5 minutes she had failed miserably and that was the start of a series of bad events. She had dropped her oxygen levels several times during the night and needed to be stimulated with oxygen a few times. She had been placed on a pulse ox machine and they were monitoring her closely. We definitely would not be able to take her home that day but they were hopeful one more night would fix the problem. They were mostly concerned that when she sucked a binki or ate she was forgetting to breath. They watched her eat once in the nursery and said it would be ok for us to take her in room with us as long as she stayed on the machine and we monitored it.

All of Monday was spent in the room staring at the oxygen number on the machine. Every time it would drop below 90 my heart rate would hit 500. It was a stressful day but she seemed to be doing better. She even passed her car seat test later that afternoon. We were very hopeful and optimistic she would be coming home with us the next morning.

Grandma and Grandpa Clayton brought the kids by again for a visit during the day.

It is hard for the kids to understand why she can't come home with us. They ask about her all the time. Chris finally told them she was a little sick and needed to stay with the doctors til she feels better. They seemed to be satisfied with that answer.

We went to bed Monday night in the hopes that we would be leaving the hospital the next day with a baby.