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Around 11ish last night Derek woke me up crying really loudly. It startled me, since he hardly ever cries. I looked at my watch and realized it was time for a diaper change and his midnight snack. I picked him up out of his crib and put him down on his changing table. He let out another load shreak with some huge thick bubbles. Then he started choking and having a really hard time breathing. By this time Derek had woke Kevin up too.

Kevin and I were both frantic, but Kevin had sense enough to grab the hospital nose sucker, which we used to get a ton of the mucus out of his mouth. We called the MYNurse number and they asked us to take his temp. When I put him on the bed to take his temp, he started having troubles breathing again. The nurse told us we should probably just head to the ER.

I called our neighbor Kelly, who was able to come over and stay with Sophia. Thank you so much Kelly, we appreciate it sooo much!! It seemed like it took an hour to get to the ER. By the time we got there, Derek seemed fine. Once we got into a room, they hooked him up to a pulse-ox, did a test for RSV, then took a chest X-ray. They kept him hooked up to the pulse-ox for quite some time. They diagnosed him with upper resp. infection.

We got home a little after 3 (3 1/2 hours later). Needless to say Kevin and I took turns keeping an eye on Derek all night long. He seems to be doing better today, but still a little off. I think we’ll both have to sleep with one eye open tonight.

It goes without saying that once you have children your life changes so much and nothing seems to matter as much. After having a preemie, I realize that I took having a healthy child for granted.