September 30, 2007
Today I am finally writing about Nathan Daniel’s birth. On his arrival, we found the cord was wrapped around his neck. Dr. P unwrapped it and Ben cut the cord quickly. Nathan was rushed over to the nurses who worked quickly to clear his airways.
Dr. P helped me while listening to what was going on with Nathan. I knew something was wrong by the awful/concerned look on Ben’s face. Nathan was breathing but his small soft cries didn’t sound right. They quickly weighed him, noted the time, and let me give him a swift kiss before whisking him away to the nursery. Ben, the doctor, and the nurses all left with Nathan, and I was left alone in the room. It was so frustrating because I didn’t know what was happening but I was glad that Ben was with him. I knew that he would let me know what was happening as soon as he could.
A nurse came back to give me a little card telling him his stats, and stopping the epidural. Nathan was 6 lb 10 oz, which is pretty small for my babies. He was 19 inches long. He was born at 14:01 in the afternoon on September 28, 2007. His APGAR scores were 5/7.
It was another hour and a half before Ben came back to me. Nathan had a huge inguinal hernia, hypospadias, and stridor. (Stridor is an abnormal, high-pitched, musical breathing sound caused by a blockage in the throat or voice box (larynx). It is usually heard when taking in a breath.) He was under the oxygen hood.
I was very anxious to get to see Nathan and was happy, when another 2 hours later, Ben was able to wheel me over to the nursery to see Nathan. Dr. P asked a pediatrician, Dr. K, to come by and evaluate Nathan. I was happy to hear that he thought that Nathan’s inguinal hernia was easy to reduce and we wouldn’t be headed to surgery right away. We were given the number for Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City. We hoped to get an appointment in the next week.
Today I am finally writing about Nathan Daniel’s birth. On his arrival, we found the cord was wrapped around his neck. Dr. P unwrapped it and Ben cut the cord quickly. Nathan was rushed over to the nurses who worked quickly to clear his airways.
Dr. P helped me while listening to what was going on with Nathan. I knew something was wrong by the awful/concerned look on Ben’s face. Nathan was breathing but his small soft cries didn’t sound right. They quickly weighed him, noted the time, and let me give him a swift kiss before whisking him away to the nursery. Ben, the doctor, and the nurses all left with Nathan, and I was left alone in the room. It was so frustrating because I didn’t know what was happening but I was glad that Ben was with him. I knew that he would let me know what was happening as soon as he could.
A nurse came back to give me a little card telling him his stats, and stopping the epidural. Nathan was 6 lb 10 oz, which is pretty small for my babies. He was 19 inches long. He was born at 14:01 in the afternoon on September 28, 2007. His APGAR scores were 5/7.
It was another hour and a half before Ben came back to me. Nathan had a huge inguinal hernia, hypospadias, and stridor. (Stridor is an abnormal, high-pitched, musical breathing sound caused by a blockage in the throat or voice box (larynx). It is usually heard when taking in a breath.) He was under the oxygen hood.
I was very anxious to get to see Nathan and was happy, when another 2 hours later, Ben was able to wheel me over to the nursery to see Nathan. Dr. P asked a pediatrician, Dr. K, to come by and evaluate Nathan. I was happy to hear that he thought that Nathan’s inguinal hernia was easy to reduce and we wouldn’t be headed to surgery right away. We were given the number for Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City. We hoped to get an appointment in the next week.
Nathan spent the next few days in the nursery. In that time he failed his hearing test, had chest X-rays, and an EKG. The X-ray showed some clouding which indicated the possibility of pneumonia, so they started him on antibiotics. The EKG was normal. We have to position him just right so that he gets enough oxygen. He makes a squeaky noise whenever his head is in the wrong position and he isn't getting enough oxygen.
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