So, Cheznie Beth decided at 4:50 am on the 24th of February that she had had enough of this whole prego thing and that she should come out at 35 weeks and 5 days. Angie went into labor and the delivery went pretty smoothly. When she came out she was doing pretty well but she wasn't real active and didn't have strong cries. She had APGAR scores of 8 and 9 and after a little suctioning and some blow-by oxygen she was doing fine. It had been about 20 minutes and Ang was holding her skin to skin to keep her warm and stimulated. When the nurse went to reposition her I noticed she was a little blue looking. We put her on the table and she quit breathing turned literally purple and dropped her arms. I grabbed the oxygen mask and the nurse started bagging her while i got help. The NICU team was there in seconds and she was back breathing on her own and doing fine. So.......after trying to die once they decided to keep her on the monitor for 4 hours to access her. She was grunting a little (auto peeping) and had a few apneic events where her oxygen levels dropped. They where a little concerned so she went down to the NICU and was put on a CPAP respirator (like what they use for sleep apnea), started an IV and put in a OG tube to feed her gut. She steadily improved over night and in the morning they took her of the respirator and pulled her OG tube. They kept her there to monitor her blood sugar and she did fine. So finally this afternoon she came back up to the nursery and she is back in the room with Ang. She is now eating and doing great.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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8 comments:
Oh so scary. I'm glad she is doing good now, quite the entrance!
Scotty
Congrats on the beautiful new baby girl. Im glad that she is doing better. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I hope she gets to go home soon. Take care.
Cheese
wow.... how scary!!! I am so glad to here she is doing better... she is absolutely beautiful Ang :)
Congratulations, you guys! I am so glad she is healthy and doing well. Can't wait to meet her!
Maere Weed
Congratulations to both of you. It's good to know that she's improving. What beautiful daughters you have- I'm not surprised, considering the parents.
Congratulations!!!! I can't wait to see pictures! My heart nearly stopped when I was reading your post! I am so glad that she is doing well. Hugs and kisses xxoxoxo
(this is actually Rebecca Walters, not Kacie:)
This is obviously Scott because non of those words were english to me. But I got the jist and I'm glad she's ok now! Whew, what an ordeal! She is so pretty! And I already think she looks like Brighton! Good job guys! Can't wait to meet her!
That is so scary, I am so sorry. i know what it is like to have your sweet new baby in NICU. So hard and heartbreaking. I am relieved to hear that everything is okay now. Love you guys!
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