now i feel like i need to let all moms out there know something about the respiratory virus RSV and their babies. i may be the only mom in the world who didn't know this, but just in case i'm not, here is a good to know fact. if your little baby gets RSV.....SUCK OUT THE MUCUS!!! my sister hilary said that that should be my new moto: SUCK IT OUT! so let me explain.
RSV has been going around here...especially in our ward, and jayden happened to pick it up. we went to the doctor and they sent us home with a machine to do breathing treatments which was supposed to help. it didn't. he became worse and worse and not only did he have a horrible cough, but he started to lose his appetite and anything that he would eat, he would throw up. it became so bad that we couldn't even force feed him, and if we could get anything in him, even a little dropper full of pedialyte, he would throw that up. he was very lethargic, just like last time, 5 months ago when we had to take him in to the ER for dehydration. well, round 2. we took him in again to the ER on sunday night where they asked if we had been using a bulb syringe and sucking the mucus out of his nose. i said, "uh, no. my doctor didn't say anything about that." they said that with little babies not everything is developed and the mucus needs somewhere to go. so in jayden's case, the mucus went straight to his belly, causing the loss of apetite and the throwing up. they pulled out two long tubes, shoved them down his nose and sucked the mucus out of his belly, which of course i could not be in the room for. there was so much mucus in that poor babies belly. they did it twice and then hooked him up to an IV to pump fluids in him. my poor little baby was tortured that night but i am so glad that we went in because he is now feeling much better. once again, maybe i am the only mom who didn't know this, but wouldn't you think that my doctor would mention something that important?! to SUCK OUT THE MUCUS! well, now you're in the know.
here are pics of him in the hospital at 3 months old:
we thought that we could get some more cute hospital pics like those of when he was 3 months old, but i can barely get myself to look at these ones. he was so sad and miserable and it shows in his pictures.
waiting in the emergency room.
we sure love those hospital gowns. i told quinn i wanted to steal one
and use it as a halloween costume
but we decided against it.i am happy to say that the little jay bird has been feeling much better and well enough to start playing again. yesterday i tried to capture him playing with his toys to reasure my family that he is doing better. but i must say that i will miss the days of him laying on my chest all day with his head on my shoulders.
there he is playing with the bulb syring and pleading with all mommies to SUCK IT OUT!i almost cried when i woke up yesterday morning
to find jayden standing in his crib 
with a huge smile on his face, just like he always does. i missed that. the smiles are slowly coming back. jayden's bringin' smiley back....YEAH! (that was a sad attempt to incorporate jt's "bringin' sexy back" into my blog. now you all know what i'm listening to right now. what?!
11 comments:
As cute as his pouty lip is, his smile is even cuter. I'm glad he's doing better!
Oh, sad story but I'm glad it has a happy ending. he's so cute!
i think you've educated many women to suck out the mucous. your blog, lex, could be the next forwarded email that canvases the country and ends with something about how each person needs to forward it to every woman you know and care about and if you don't, then we hope your stomach gets full of mucous.
by the way, andy says that jayden is so adorable that even his mucous is cute.
Dang that is so sad. I can't imagine what it would be like to have your very own child go through something like that, and there's nothing you can do for them. I'm glad little J is coming back in full effect. Word.
i obviously spelled mucus wrong in my blog seeing how my genius sister hilary spelled it mucous in her comment. woops.
girl, you didn't spell it wrong. i looked it up--i think there are two ways to spell it or something. i didn't quite understand. and yes, you're right, i am a genius.
green and garden and wax are calling your names!
Hey Alexis,
This is Courtney, I haven't talked to you in years. I just started a blog and saw yours on Becky's blog. Your little boy is adorable, I am sorry he is so sick. I hope you are doing well.
Courtney
It's so scary when they get lethargic and just give you those big sad eyes. I am so glad that he's doing better. Thanks for the advice. I didn't know you had to do that, either.
Lexi....that is so sad! Good to know that you must suck it out!!!! Jayden is getting so big now. Glad to hear he is doing much better! Oh and Maui was beautiful! I'll be blogging about it soon!
Oh I am so glad he is okay. Call it what you will (maybe just fear) but Cade and I have been inactive since Harper was born. We are not taking any chances with a sick baby. So sad!
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