Sunday, May 31, 2009

life is precious

We had the biggest scare the other day, Ralei took her first ride in an ambulance at 4 weeks old.
It all started when me and her were just hanging out on the couch and she acted like she was choking so i lifted her up and she just couldn't recover from it so i yelled for Eric who was in the shower. By now she was fighting for breath. She was totally purple her eyes were huge and she was foaming at the mouth. Eric came running in his towell and tried to help- so he called 911 she started coming around but now she was taking gasps to breath still purple but breathing we said never mind to the ambulance. As soon as we hung up she lost it again so we ended up having them come when they got here they gave her oxygen and we rode to the hospital in the ambulance by the time we got there she looked much better and had good breath but they kept her over night to see if whatever it was would happen again. It was an uneventful night (thank goodness) but the doctors have no answers for me. They said everything from ceasures to reflux is what it could of been so we are home now and have her on a monitor that beeps when she stops breathing but so far things are great and she is doing awesome. Some times i think things happen to remind us how precious life is. I know this gave me a wake up call to just enjoy my kids and not worry about anything else. I am so thankful she is okay and and loving her up even more!

3 comments:

Nick said...

Oh my gosh! How scary! I'm so glad she's okay. When Carter was 3weeks and had RSV, we had to stay for a week. It really sucked and it was really scary. I got your cute announcement. The boys really liked how she was tied with a bow. Miss you!

Tagen and Eric said...

That's scary. I'm so glad she is okay.

Totten said...

Ohh my gosh. I would have freaked out to. Tessa had to have her a appendix out a couple of months ago and that was very scary. It was so good to see you guys. It's crazy to think that we all have kids of our own now.