RSV

This weekend has been crazy for us and little Sawyer. On Thursday night (4/7) when I put Sawyer to bed I noticed he was acting strange he was breathing weird and kept sneezing , I just watched him through the night to make sure he was OK I thought maybe he had a cold or something so I decided to take him to the pediatrician Friday because something was just off he wasn't acting like himself. As soon as we got to the office the pediatrician took his clothes off and started to watch his chest, with every breath he took his chest would sink in on the sides and front. which made me very nervous, the pediatrician said well he is retracting and is trying harder to breath than he should, so I am going to have him go to American Fork Hospital and get and RSV test, she also said that she hadn't seen any cases of RSV in over a month so she said she thought it was unlikely that he had it. I got all our stuff and headed straight over to the hospital while we were waiting I noticed he was getting worse he was squirming acting like he was uncomfortable and snorting like he couldn't breath and he had just eaten and started to throw up.

They brought us back and laid him on this little table crib took his vitals and his oxygen level was 90/100 so they had to do deep suctioning to get it to raise. I had no idea what they had to do but , they had to stick a suctioning catheter up his nose and down his throat while i hold his head. I was bawling my eyes out Kayden was in the room circling the table saying "Get that out of his nose!" "Get it out!" It lasted about 3min and his little eyes were so swollen from screaming so hard, they took his vitals again and his oxygen had gone up 98/100 now that there was nothing blocking his air way. the mucus that they got out was going to be tested for RSV and they said they would call me in about an hour. The doctor left the room so that we could get our things, and Kayden looked at me with the saddest look on his face, and I asked him if he was ok. He ran over and dug his head in to my lap and he started to cry and said " Is that man going to take our baby?" So I started to cry and explained to him that he was just trying to help Sawyer. Poor Kayden was so stressed out.

We got in the car and I called Adam at work, I couldn't stop bawling I explained to him what they were doing and that they would call me in an hour with the results. As soon as I got home I took Sawyer out of his car seat and I could tell he was just trying really really hard to breath and sounded really stuffy, the Dr. called and said " Kim, Sawyer is positive for RSV and he needs to be in the hospital since he is so little, I am calling to admit you to Utah Valley Hospital head over as soon as possible they are waiting." I immediately started to cry my eyes out and was feeling scared overwhelmed. Adam was still at work I called him and told him we needed to go to the hospital and they let him leave work.

We got to the hospital and they were so nice they explained to us that they had to monitor him and make sure that he was getting enough oxygen and he isn't trying to hard to breath. Adam had called his parents and let them know the situation, they were on their way over to give Sawyer a blessing. Sawyer received his blessing and I was so thankful for the priesthood that Adam's dad and cousin Aaron have. In his blessing they said please help Kim and Adam to feel peace and comfort and right then i had a warm feeling run through my body and a sense of comfort it was like someone was giving me a hug.

Kayden went with Katie and Dennis and I stayed with Sawyer and Adam went home so he could sleep he had to be to work at 6 a.m. It was one of the longest nights of my life I was up all night watching his monitor and the alarm for his oxygen kept going off and they would come in and deep suction him. The next day he got a lot worse he was breathing very heavy and they had to deep suction him about every 2hrs, and each time a ton of mucus would come out it was so bad at one point it clogged the catheter. Poor little guy, his eyes were so red and swollen from crying but I was so thankful that we were at the hospital and they were watching and taking care of him. The Dr came in that afternoon and said that he wanted Sawyer to stay at the hospital until they don't need to deep suction him so much.The next morning Sawyer seemed to be a lot better he didn't have to be deep suctioned as much and was breathing regular Poor little guy he was so exhausted from all of it he just slept he woke up to eat but went right back to bed he wasn't awake for more than a couple minutes. The Dr came in again and said that he looked great and that we could take him home, and that if he sounded or acted like he was having a hard time breathing to take him into the outpatient suction clinic at the hospital. Well we have been home for 2 days now and he is going really good he hasn't had to go back to the hospital for any deep suction and he is awake for more than 2 seconds and is acting like himself we are very happy he is getting better it was so scary to see such a helpless little baby. We just like to thank all of our families and friends for all their love and support and helping with Kayden we really do have the most amazing family and friends WE LOVE YOU ALL!! I took a few pictures with my cell phone while we were in the hospital.