We spent the night at Children’s Hospital two nights ago to do another sleep study on Samuel. It was a miserable night! Joey and I didn’t get any sleep. Samuel woke up at 2:30 am and was up for almost two hours, which is very unusual for him. The nurse came in to check on us and when she saw him awake, she said that she would tell the respiratory therapist to extend the study an hour. He fell asleep again around 4:30 am and the R.T. came to prick his toe around 5 am to end the study (they do a blood test to make sure that the oxygen readings on the machine correlate with the oxygen level in his blood to make sure the test is valid). Joey and I both popped up and practically shouted at her to leave him alone for another hour because we had just gotten him back to sleep. We were so weary; we didn’t want him awakened again. She came back at 6 am and pricked his toe and ripped the tape off his face. Joey managed to sleep through his screams somehow, but I was exhausted! His doctor called me today with the results. No more apnea!! We don’t need to use the home monitor anymore. The monitor company will probably come out tomorrow to pick up the machine, so we get one more night of worry-free sleep. I think I’ll have some restless nights for the next couple of days, but I am not that worried about it. I’ve been weaning myself off the monitor already because Samuel hasn’t been on it during the day when he takes his naps. I feel confident that he has outgrown the apnea and won’t have any problems. That’s one less thing to take with us on our next trip.
My little cutie-pie is turning over both ways now. He just mastered the back to tummy flip last Saturday and that little accomplishment was the catalyst to many other discoveries. He looks like he might even start crawling soon. He scoots around a lot and sometimes gets up on his knees and elbows and rocks. I don’t want him to grow up too fast!!
That's wonderful. All around.
That's wonderful news, Doots!
Angela, I could totally sympathize with your lack of sleep in the hospital. When Mary Catherine was about 8 mos old, she was hopitalized with RSV pnumonia. I had a sinus infection and was miserable. She was in an oxygen bubble in a crib. Because of my sinus infection and lack of sleep, I had some serious fisticuffs with a nurse in the middle of the night when she came to wake Mary Catherine up for something. I had just gotten her to sleep by standing on the side of her crib with my head inside the oxygen bubble patting her back. She got very ugly with me and I just lost it....all I kept thinking was.... How was she to get well if she never slept?
I love it when babies are just learning how to crawl....so much fun. It is when they get into the fingernail polish, the diaper cream, the lipstick, the toothpaste, etc...that is less fun.
Excellent for Samuel to have overcome the apnea. Those are funny accountings (only now can we laugh!). I sympathize with both of you sisters. We may have had broken bones, and sure we have had stitches, but the kids never had to get an IV and we never spent a night in a hospital.
Samuel might be a gymnast, huh Sue?