Andy's story continued

These pictures are of Andy when he was five days old.  When he was ten days old we took him back to the hospital at the recommendation of the on-call nurse, because he was breathing too quickly for long periods of time.  After another 24 hours in the NICU, and lots of not-fun tests, the doctors decided that Andy's lungs were still maturing and that he was okay even though he breathes too fast.  He still breathes too fast sometimes, but the doctors say it's okay because it's getting better over time.
 

So sweet!

 

Then a few days after that NICU visit we had the most terrifying day of our lives.  In the afternoon after driving to Mom's house, I went to get Andy out of his carseat and noticed that he was kind of blue.  We got him breathing and pink again pretty fast, but we were quite scared so we took him straight to the doctor.  The doctor thought maybe it was just how Andy had been sitting in his car seat, so he sent us home.  Then late that evening, while he was in my arms, Andy stopped breathing again.  We called 911 and then after a few terrifying minutes of stimulation he started breathing again.  Then Andy and I got to ride in an ambulance downtown to the hospital.  Luckily the blood pressure medication was working or I probably would have needed to be in the hospital too after all that excitement (as it was I felt pretty weak).  Andy stopped breathing again the first night in the hospital so the nurses were able to see an episode.  The episodes were pretty extreme, but he didn't need CPR, so that's good.  So we had more tests and a few more days in the hospital.  The diagnosis came back as acid reflux and he hasn't had another episode since starting his medication.  We are grateful to still have Andy with us and we think he should do well now.