Tuesday, January 13, 2009

December 24th 2007


I took my daughter to the emergency room thinking she had the flu.
I was is total shock when they told me she was in labor...4 week early.
Her contractions were one on top of the other and she was vomiting. I never guessed she was in labor. The baby was under stress and to take baby shawn by emergancy c-section.
Behind not only closed doors but locked!!!
Me and my husband waited. It seemed like forever when they wheeled baby shawn out to icu.
They said he had a very weak heartbeat and did chest compression on him for 20 mins.
We finally got to see him and OMG wires everywhere. He was on a venilator andfeeding him through his umbilical cord. He couldn't touch him cause it made his blood pressure rise.
Oh yeah...5lbs 8oz. 19 in long

4 weeks later we brought him home with oxygen. He was on oxygen till he was 2 months old.
That wasn't fun. It took me awhile to get use to the oxygen tank. I was afraid to touch it, fearing I would accidentally shut it off. It was a very nervous time weaning him from oxygen. When it was time to return the tank and monitor to the store, Yikes !!!! I was panicy. I didn't want to get rid of it.