....happened in the hospital on Thursday, July 15th. My mom was with me and Ashlyn as Brad was home taking Carter to preschool. It was time for Ashlyn to eat but she was sound asleep in her bassinet. I picked her up so I could try to wake her. As soon as I picked her up her eyes popped open and she had a paniced look in her eyes. Almost right away she started turning blue. I was so scared and could not think straight. I yelled to my mom "She's not breathing!!" Mom rushed over and turned her upside down with her head to the floor and started hitting her back. I picked up the bulb syringe and tried sucking out her mouth. Some yellow gunk came out of her nose and she started crying a little but then seemed to choke again. I just sat there in disbelief when mom pushed the nurse button. We yelled "The baby is choking and turning blue!" and a few seconds later my nurse burst through the door, grabbed Ashlyn and ran out. I sat there stunned not knowing what was going on or what to do.
It seemed like an eternity but just a few minutes later another nurse came in the room and told us that she was ok and had started to pink up again as the first nurse was running her to the NICU down the hall. They were going to keep her for a couple of hours and run tests (chest x-ray, blood tests, blood pressure, etc) to make sure there was nothing wrong.
A few more minutes passed and the first nurse came back in and appologized for scaring me like that. I told her not to worry about that, I was just glad she was there so fast! She thought everything would be ok and that it was probably just amniotic fluid that got caught in her throat. Since she was a c-section baby, she didn't get all the fluid pushed out of her lungs. She said we would be able to go back and see her but they were changing shifts and we had to wait until all the reports had been given.
I sat trying to clear my head, but it was impossible. I cried everytime I thought of her little face turning blue (I'm crying now thinking about it!)
We finally were able to go back and see her in the NICU. (it was probably only 30 mins later but it felt like forever!) She looked so little lying in the warmer in just her diapers with monitors attached. They let me hold her and try to feed her but she was too sleepy. She had a hectic afternoon so we let her sleep. After just 30 mins. or so the hospital pediatrician came and talked to us. She said all the tests came back normal and that she had just choked. We were then allowed to take her back to the room.
It was the scariest things I have ever gone through and never want to do it again. I have taken infant CPR a handful of times but had no clue what to do when my child was choking. I'm SO thankful my mom was with me and had the clarity of mind to know what to do (she actually said the same thing happened to me when I was a baby and that's what the nurse did to me)!
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