Day 361 - Middle of the Night Emergency and a Late Evening Scare
Sunday, December 26th, 2021 Saturday night Dad sleeps downstairs to give Mom a break for 12 hours. Typically between 10pm Saturday until 10am Sunday. 😴 It all started when Mom was taking a shower 🚿 around 11:30pm Saturday night and Dad yelled for help several times. He didn't know she was in the shower and Mom couldn't hear him. Eventually she heard her name, immediately turned off the shower, grabbed a towel, and ran down the stairs soaked but expecting the worse. Dad let her know that James was not doing well. He had been inconsolable for about an hour. Dad was currently venting James with a syringe and had about 40cc of gastric juice come up. He was unable to suction him while he was venting. Mom quickly suctioned James and he had a lot of secretions blocking his airway. However that didn't make James feel any better. His respiratory rate was still very high, and his heart rate and oxygen levels were not reading. So Mom changed out the pulse ox sticker but her hands we...