My ob decided to induce me at just over 38 weeks because he had stopped growing. 7 hours after induction i was holding my cute little guy! my ob was surprised and said "that was the quickest delivery and cleanest iv ever had" it only took one push lol
he was 7lbs7oz and 20" even!
he breastfed great! and slept a ton! we had to secedual a appt with his pedi becasue of a heart murmer. but after a trip to the cardiologist they said it will close on its on but we will keep an eye on it.
but at just 8 days old he came down with bacterial meninigitas.
he started sleeping more, wasent as responsive, and seemd in a daze. i went to change his diaper and his whole body felt like it was on fire.
mind you hubs keeps it at 67degrees. i took his temp and under the arm it was over 104! i called the pedi, iv never delt with a high feever in a newborn and shes had always been helpful. she told us to bring him in asap, we lived only 2 mins away thank god. as soon as we pulled up she had a nurse waiting outside and helped us up to teh third floor, she took his temp and it was almost 105 she yelled at her nurse to give us instruction and ran faster then iv ever seen to call 911. he was rushed by ambulance to the nearest hospital and air lifted to childrens legacy hospital, nearly an hour from our home. they had a ER team waiting and took him back as soon as we arived. while doing stats he became unresponsive and the hooked him up to an IV and monitors and admitted him. the ER doctor came in to asess him and off the top said meninigitas, but that he wasent sure which form. so they started him on two antibiotics just in case, and started running blood tests, urinallisys, and did a spinal tap.....it was the most horible thing iv ever had to deal with...ever.
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after testing the spinal came back pos for meningitas but they had to do another to find out which one exactly. i had to go home to our then 14mo dd and it was so hard to leave him. when i got home all i could do was think about him. we set up a little candle light prayer in our booksehlf
and i started pumping, every 20mins, they told every two hours would be fine but i just felt i had to pump, so he would have more. so i did and filled a bag to take to him. when i got there he was under qurenteen so i couldent see him or nurse him, but they were all excited about all the milk i brought and he had his own freezer and i filled it up within a few days lol. he had some ups and downs, and was on a vent for a few days.
he was tiny for a 1 month old, he had lost alot of weight and was down to 5lbs 6oz. but getting stronger!
finally getting ready to leave he was looking much better!! the attending ER doctor that first saw him came by to say bye and called in his team (everyone who was involved with my little guy) and he said how he has seen older toddlers and older babies with the same meninigitas DIE and the only diffrence was that my son was breastfed. he was the talk of the ward and everyone knew him. a nurse made him a blanket. we still have it too :)
TO BE CONTINUED!
You are so seriously lucky! I knew a woman with a 7 month old. He was healthy and happy... and suddenly one day she runs in to my job crying because Memphis is on life support for bacterial meningitis. I saw him in the hospital and he looked terrible. His limbs were purple and his toes and fingers were black. They ended up amputating all 4 to save his life and I wondered at the despair his parents must have went through to have to make a decision like that. Of course.... kids are resilient and Memphis adapted quickly to losing limbs he will never remember having... but GAWD... y'all are so very lucky to have little Kazu with you and whole.
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