Sunday, February 7, 2010

Creed's visit to the hospital...

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Our poor baby Creed was hospitalized for RSV on Tuesday, February 2nd. Creed had been struggling with a bad cold and cough for a few days and had already had 2 visits to the doctors office. On Tuesday when Greg got home from work, I told him that I felt like Creed was worse and that he needed to be taken to the doctor to have his oxygen checked. Greg took him over to the doctor's office and his oxygen level was 80%. The doctor sent him directly to the hospital to have his oxygen checked again because he thought maybe his machine was not reading the levels correctly. Sure enough his oxygen level ranged from about 75-80%. They told us we couldn't take him home and that he would have to be admitted to the hospital. They got him on oxygen and settled in and did an RSV wash and he seemed to be doing better. Around 2:45 a.m. Wednesday morning Creed took a turn for the worse. Creed's heart rate skyrocketed and ranged from 275-300 bpm...his room was suddenly full of multiple nurses who were working on him and trying to bring his heart rate down. They had to put a bag of ice on his face and wait until he would have a certain cry that would shock his system back to a normal heart rate. I lost count of how many times we had to do this, but if I had to guess, I would say it happened around 50 times. One of the nurses called his doctor and another pediatrician in the area and they arrived at the hospital very quickly. His heart rate did this for 4 hours. It was the most scary experience of my life. I felt like my baby could die at any second. I knew it was serious when at one point I walked out of the room to catch my breath and saw the crash cart right next to his door. The doctor's had to make a call to Primary Children's Hospital and what treatment would be the best to help Creed. They decided to put him on a beta blocker (heart medicine) to see if this would keep his heart in a stable range. The medicine kicked into his system around 7:15 a.m. Wednesday morning and his heart has done great ever since.



Call it mother's intuition or the promptings of the spirit, but I am just so grateful we took him to the hospital when we did. If we hadn't, our little Creed probably would have died at home from cardiac arrest that night. Creed stayed in the hospital for 5 days and was able to come home on oxygen and a heart monitor. We now have to see a pediatric cardiologist from Primary Childrens and have an echo cardiogram done to see what is going on with his heart. We are hoping it might just be some strange side effect of the RSV, but it could be a condition he was born with and the RSV just made it known to us. Creed will stay on the beta blocker (heart medicine) until all his testing is done and they figure out what made his heart react the way it did.



We are hoping that Creed continues to get better quickly and that we can get him off the oxygen soon. We love you Creed and are so thankful for your life here on earth.




24 comments:

Hilary said...

oh emily... this just gives me the chills. It is so sad to see him hooked up like that, but wow that you knew to take him in (wonderful that you were in tune to promptings of the Spirit) and wonderful that they knew how to help him. I can't imagine how frightening that night must have been for you. I hope you get some great answers at his following appointments and are able to help him.

Jill said...

Em,
So scary! I've had you all in my prayers since Tuesday. So thankful he was able to come home. Will continue to pray for his health. You will be in good hands Tuesday at Primary's.
Love ya!
Jill

Tera said...

Poor thing. I am glad you are home. Please keep us informed on the rest of his tests. I'll be thinking of you and your family!

Steven and Whitney said...

I have been so worried about you and am relieved to hear Creed is home with you now. I hope all of the heart tests check out alright. Let me know what is going on. Love ya!

Mindy M. said...

I am crying as I read this. This cute little baby has ben through so much and my heart breaks knowing how sick he has been. You are such a wonderful mom and I know that your good intuition was meant to get him better. Love you and your family!! Give baby Creed and hug and many kisses from me!!!

Dawn said...

I'm so sorry that your little guy has had some tough times. I will keep you in my prayers. My heart goes out to you!

Chantri said...

You are all in my prayers. I'm so happy to hear Creed made it Home and is doing better.

Carly said...

Oh my goodness, I can't even imagine how you must feel. Hope all goes well in the following days/weeks.

Letti said...

Emily I am so sorry to hear about little Creed. I had a baby that had to be hospitalized with RSV as well. I know how scary that can be. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Veronica said...

Oh Em, my heart is broken looking at the pictures and reading about your experiences. I am so grateful our dear little Creed is home and that we have doctors and nurses to help us with our health. I am anxious to hear what the cardiologist says about him. Seeing him on iChat was sweet tonight. Thanks so much. I needed to see his precious face. I do hope he can start to sleep a little more and all of you get some rest. Love you and I look forward to coming to Idaho Falls when I get home from Pittsburgh. Love to all!

John and Brittney said...

That is so scary!! I think I would have a heart attack if I was there. I am glad that he is doing better - good job mom on the intuition. Love you!

Shelly B. said...

I am sitting here crying reading this. I have been thinking of you constantly these past 5 days. So glad that Creed is home and things are settling down! Now if you can just get some sleep! Love ya so much!

Steph and Brady said...

Oh my goodness, I am so sorry to hear all of this! I am so glad that he is home now. What a scary experience. We will have him in our prayers. I hope everything goes well with Primary Childrens.

Karla said...

Oh Emily. It made me cry reading your post. A mothers heart is a tender thing and it just about breaks when our kids are hurting. I am so thankful you were able to get help when you did and that he is at home now. I will keep you in my prayers and will be anxious to hear what the specialists say. Hugs to all of you.

christine said...

What a scary experience. I'm so thankful for mother's intuition and that you knew something wasn't right. I'm glad he is home and doing better-I'll pray it stays that way and you all start getting back to somewhat of a "normal". Good luck with the tests-keep us posted!

LeAnn said...

I am sooo sorry that you had to go through that! The hardest thing as a parent is having to watch your child go through something horrible like that and feel so helpless! I am so glad he is doing alright....what a wonderful blessing! I, like you, would call it mothers intuition...good thing you are so close to the spirit to know what is right for you children! Call if you want to talk.

Morgan Greaves said...

Oh Emily...how scary! I can't even image what you were feeling and how terrifying it has been for your family. I hope he continues to improve and you find out what is going on with this heart soon. Please keep us posted. You and your family are in my prayers.

Ashley said...

So sad and scary. I'm so glad that he is home and now you can start recovering!

sp.dandilicious@gmail.com said...

Hi Emily-

I am so glad to hear that Creed is doing better. He is such a handsome little guy. I hope he recovers soon and stays healthy!

Laurel said...

I sure hope he fully recovers and soon! I wish mom and I were there to help. Sorry I am selfish and have her 2000 miles away. Your boys are so adorable! I love all the pictures and can't believe you were able to throw away the binkie, YAY! Colton is such a good boy and congrats to him in scouts!

Skylette said...

I have the biggest lump in my throat. I'm so sorry your little Creed had to go through that and you had to experience that as a parent. Creed is in our prayers, we hope he continues to get well and grow strong. All the best -
The Hawkes Fam

Amber said...

I am just choked up reading this. I can't imagine how scary that was for you. I am glad he's home, but that is so sad to see him hooked up to all that stuff. Keep us posted on the follow-up. We'll be keeping you in our prayers.

Todd and Megan said...

oh how those pictures just break my heart....nothing more awful than a baby being sick! so glad that he is getting better and that you are now home! so glad that you and Crew are also feeling better! please give that sweet little boy a big hug and kiss for me! you all are in our prayers!

Brooke said...

How scary...as if you guys haven't been through enough. I hope he gets feeling better.