Since I was in labor all night I didn’t get a lot of sleep but once I got down to my room on the Mother and Baby floor all I could think about was Gwen, and if she’d be able to be in the room with us. JD never was, he stayed in the NICU.
Just a couple hours later the nurse wheeled in my precious baby girl! I was so excited I stayed awake most of the day to look at her, love her and feed her. I’m glad now that I did.
Around 8:00pm the nurse came in to check Gwen’s vitals. She was just asleep in her little bed but her breathing had turned rapid since I had put her there. They took her back to the nursery to see if she would calm down but it didn’t and they ended up having to call a doctor.
2 doctors, and one neonatal specialist later our little Gwen is in the Level 2 NICU. In the bed right next to the one her brother was in almost 23 months ago.
We are waiting on lab work to figure out if it’s an infection or immature lungs. She is on a CPAP machine now and her lung x-ray “wasn’t great, but wasn’t horrible” according to the doctors. They have also started her on antibiotics incase it is an infection. The antibiotics will require her to stay in the NICU for at least 48 hours.
Later this morning I hope to get more information about the situation. I went in and checked on her about an hour ago and she was sleeping, all hooked up to the monitors and machines. Brought back a lot of memories from JD’s birth. At least this time I feel a bit more prepared.
I’ll keep you all posted.
