I realize the post is long overdue but I haven't had one spare minute lately. I mentioned in an earlier post that our sweet little Diego had sleep apnea, well it has turned into a bigger problem than we thought. I had mentioned it to his Pediatrician at his 2 month apt and several appointments following with no one taking it very seriously. After much hesitation Carlos and I decided to switch Pediatricians and were set up with an apnea monitor from his new Doc. Essentially it goes off whenever he stops breathing.
I had been thinking that maybe I was crazy but sure enough the first day we had it at our home it was going off every time he slept. We have done so many tests with no results to explain what the cause is so we will be heading to Primary Childrens soon for more testing.
It always amazes me how your body can adjust to going from 8 hours of sleep each night to 1-2 on a good night. My husband and I are basically taking shifts with him just to make sure he continues to breathe throughout the night and to wake him whenever the machine goes off. To say that we are stressed would be a huge understatement. I feel like I am basically running on zombie mode all day long but I am hopeful that we will figure it out soon. It has been so hard to go to work each morning. I worry so much knowing that he will be napping without me at home with him and I wake up every morning thanking the Lord that we have made it safely through another night. Carlos and I have brushed up on our CPR and hope that we will not have to use it.
I also made another hard decision to stop nursing. My last baby I nursed until she was close to one yr old but the Doctors were worried that the reflux he was having from my milk was causing the apnea and they wanted me to use formula and pump for 2 weeks. Needless to say, I pumped for a few days and ended up with an infection and decided to be done. It was such a hard decision but I was miserable and so was he.I cried the whole weekend over it but I decided that 4 months was better than none and he has taken to the formula well. I guess it just had to be one less stress right now. So now we wait... and hopefully we will have some answers soon. Thanks for keeping our little man in your prayers.
His cords
Apnea monitor aka "lifesaver"
2 comments:
He is sure a sweet little guy! Love the sweet sleeping picts too! Sorry you are going through this, hope that you can get some GOOD answers SOON and that it wont be anything big, so you can start getting some sleep...thats so hard! We will keep you all in our prayers :) ♥
I think about you and little Diego ALL THE TIME! I am praying for good news and help from Primary's. Keep me posted! Miss you!:)
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