Tested

I am truly being put to the tested today. I woke up with a cold and a sore throat I have had since Monday night. Sick and 3 little ones to take care of on my own today. Wish me luck!

Oh and can someone please let Hudson know that waking up every hour in the wee hours of the morning isn't cool!

5 Weeks Old

Here are a couple pictures I took of Hudson yesterday lounging on the couch.

Hudson's 1 Month Check Up

Hudson had his 1 month check up today. He is weighing in at 10lbs 6oz. He gained 2lbs in 2 weeks. He is going to be a big boy! He also got circumcised today. Poor guy cried the whole time and has been sleeping since they got done.

He still has a bit of the cold (RSV) which the doctor said it could take a month or so to clear up completely. He has a bit of reflux and is on meds for it but don't seem to be doing a whole lot. Going to try a few tips from the doctor to help with it.

All in all it was a good check stats wise.

How to prevent scratches on Hudson's face...

With little socks! Too bad I couldn't find matching ones :)

Cookies

Haylee, Hayden and I decorated cookies today... can you guys who's cookie is who's?

Hudson Update

We are still at the hospital and may be here for a few more days... I hope not but I'm not getting my hopes up anymore. I thought we would be bringing him home today... that didn't happen.

He has to be off oxygen for 24hrs before they will release him... he went 12 yesterday but then his oxygen stats started to drop so he needed a little help. So back on the oxygen he went. He is still on oxygen today but they are slowly lowering the amounts.

He gets breathing treatments every 6 hours to help open up his airways. Those seem to really help him. They say his lungs sound good, which is fantastic.

All of his blood cultures and spinal fluid cultures came back clear so no bacterial infection. However he did have some bacteria in his urine, which would mean a UTI. He is on antibiotics to clear that up and thankfully has been since Sunday. They did another urine test today and we are waiting on the culture results but that can take 12hrs or more. It was done at 11 this am so I won't know the results till I come in tomorrow morning.

The Dr is having a urologist come in to check him as well. He had an ultrasound to check his kidneys to make sure it wasn't a kidney infection. We should know those results when the Dr makes his rounds tonight.

Hudson is in the PICU

Our poor little guy is jaundice and has RSV which is an respiratory infection.

We noticed Sat. that he was being pretty lethargic and not eating much. The dr. called and told us that his jaundice levels were at 17.2 and he'll needed to use a Bili Blanket and he would have one delivered to us that night. We got the Bili Blanket and used it for about 1/2 hour when I realized Hudson was having some breathing issues. He would stop breathing for a few seconds then one time his face turned purple and his lips were blue. That is when I knew we needed to cal 911.

I called 911 and the paramedics said he was lethargic and he needed to be brought in to be looked at. So we took an ambulance ride to the hospital and Jeffery followed behind us. Once there he was put on oxygen and they said he was critical and was going to be going to the PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit).

They ran several tests on him and discovered he had RSV, which one of the nurses thought was the case. Turns out his jaundice probably wasn't going away because his body was trying to fight the RSV.

We are still at the hospital and will be here till at least Wed. They need to get all the test back and have them be clear and he needs to be off oxygen for 24hrs before we can be released. They have lowered his oxygen level and now he is only getting .3 milliliters per min... so not much help at all. He is improving and his jaundice is almost taken care of.