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I'm finally ready to talk about it.
Two weeks ago our newborn was admitted to Children's for 4 days. Before that she had been sick for 5 days already. It started as a runny nose, never had a fever, and congestion. We visited Children's on the 3rd day due to laboured breathing and we were unsure about using a sucker to clear her too much. They cleared her congestion with a sucker and said we should continue to do so. Bring her back if any of the following:
- Eating less than half
- Less than 3 wet diapers
- Has a harder time breathing
On the 6th day, she had a wet diaper at 8:30am, then nothing.
She had fed 30ml at 5am, 40ml at 8:30am, 35ml at 12pm. A normal hungry feed is 75-80ml
We called the doctor and we had to bring her in.
When we arrived at Children's they checked her oxygen levels right away and it was good. It was 2pm. She had a wet diaper. They were slightly concerned about the laboured breathing but will monitor.
By 3:30pm her oxygen levels were below 90 and at concerning levels. They had to give her supplement oxygen.
They had to keep her on oxygen for 3 days and had to use a feeding tube.
Moral of the story? Things go downhill extremely quickly. Don't wait, if you have a doubt, go to Children's, or to your closest ER that can handle pediatric cases. Find out where the closest pediatric ward is.
And again, extremely thankful for Children's Hospital. If we weren't in a 1st world country, she may not have made it.
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