Back to the Hospital

Ian developed a cough over the weekend and had a couple of episodes on Sunday where he held his breath and turned purple in the face. It totally freaked me out and we ended up in the ER on Sunday night. They did chest x-rays and tests for RSV (respiratory syncitial virus) and the flu...everything looked good. He did hold his breath for a bit while we were there, but by the time someone got to the room to see him, he was pink again. So they sent us home. Monday we visited our doctor (we're regulars there) and he heard the cough and was surprised it wasn't RSV. At any rate he told me to keep Ian with me 24/7 and to call him that afternoon. Last night the cough got worse and he seemed VERY sleepy and didn't eat so well, so I was relieved when our doctor called this morning and told me to come in first thing. They were monitoring his blood oxygenation (which should be in the high 90s) and it dropped to the 60s and then the 50s as he held his breath and turned purple with the doctor standing there. Talk about overwhelming! They were all running around getting oxygen and trying to stabalize the little guy while I stood there crying. I didn't sleep much the past 2 nights keeping an eye on him, but I was grateful the Lord allowed it to happen in front of the doctor. I had prayed for CLARITY for our doctor on my way there that he would know how to proceed. He sent us by ambulance to the hospital, and Ian is now in the intensive care nursery again. The bonus is we know most of the nurses there from our first stay. They ran a bunch of tests...one of them being RSV and this time it came back positive. So, the little guy has a nasty viral infection...making it difficult for him to breathe. He's on oxygen and they have him hooked up to a slew of monitors. Looks like he'll be there for at least a few days...maybe longer depending on how quick this clears up. There isn't much they can do--some breathing treatments and sucking the gunk out of his nose/throat. Again we are confident of the Lord's grace to us in this as the events unfolded today. I'll post updates as I have them.