Rough Morning

Jacob had a rough morning today.  He had 4 apnea spells in the morning, one requiring him to be bagged with oxygen.  It could be due to having his vaccinations yesterday.  Even full term babies feel a little off after shots, and preemie babies with chronic lung disease can need more oxygen or have more apnea spells.

The good news is that he had a better afternoon, and I just talked to his night nurse who says he is resting peacefully tonight.  So we're praying he has a good night and better day tomorrow.

His 3rd and last vaccine was due for today (they split up the 3 shots over 3 days rather than all at once) but we postponed it since he wasn't doing very well.  He will get it tomorrow if he is up up to it.

We also did not try the bottle or hold him since he was having spells.  Hopefully these spells will pass and we can get back on track.

The baby that shares a nurse with Jacob had a rough morning too (making it hectic for the nurse), so they had to reshuffle nurses and give us the only nurse in the NICU we don't get along with (yep, the one I blogged about before).  So that made the day even worse.  We actually ended up leaving early so that she could focus on taking care of Jacob rather than spend her time thinking up ways to be rude to the parents.

Tomorrow Jacob is getting visits from not only his parents as always, but also from his Auntie and Grandparents so hopefully he is feeling much better!