Scare of a Lifetime

We've had a baptism by fire into parenthood.

Wednesday night we were sitting on the couch. Judson was asleep on my lap when all of a sudden he went into a crazy spasm. It was clear after a few seconds he was struggling to breath and could not inhale. A frantic minute passed as we freak out, patting him on the back, josteling him, and eventually running down the stairs and banging on the door of our first floor neighbor who is a doctor. The motion of the steps helped produce a gasp out of Judson. When we got in our neighbors apartment, we were able to suction out a good amount of mucus from his lungs and called 911. The ambulance came within minutes. By that time he was breathing fine. We hopped in the ambulance and went to the hospital as a precaution.

36 hours later I'm here sitting in the icu with my 5 day old son. He is fine. The hospital wants to take every precaution so theve kept him and are doing every test possible. I know it will set our minds at ease but he has been through the ringer the past two days. They wouldn't let us feed him so he got dehydrated at first, then they tried to take blood but couldnt find a vein for 5 minutes. They gave him an iv and put on a splint so it wouldn't move. Then came the catheter, cat scan, x rays, and they topped it off with a spinal tap. This was all within the first 6 hours. I'll spare you details, but it has been an emotionally draining and borderline tramatic time for us. Jud was been an absolute warrior through it. And every test has come back normal.

Part of me wants to grab him, pull out the iv and sensors and run out of here. It's so hard to see my little man on the hospital bed hooked up to machines and being poked with needles. But we know that it is the right thing to do right now.

We're sure it was just a normal choking spell. I'm glad he was on my lap when it happened. God's timing is perfect. We're beyond thankful he is ok.

Can't wait to bring him home. Thanks for everyone who's prayed, emailed, called and stopped by.

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Praying with you that everything continues to be normal with little Jud and that you can get home and enjoy those quiet moments alone with him again. Hospitals aren't a fun place for anybody... We're thinking of you.