It finally happened... our first medical scare with Addison. Yesturday was a great day. Addie was happy and we played all day long. Ryan had been away all week, so he was looking forward to giving Addie her bedtime routine. Ryan gave her a bath and she was smiling and playing like she had been all day. After the bath, Ryan gave her her massage, gave her a bottle, read her a story and swaddled her up. Then Addie started screaming, and I mean SCREAMING!!! She was clearly in pain, and we could not figure out what it was. Ryan tried to comfort her and burp her (we thought it might be really bad gas pains) but nothing worked. Finally, after half an hour, we stripped her and put her back in the bath. As long as she was in the bath she was fine, so we figured it must be gas. When we took her out of the bath she instantly started screaming again, so Ryan dressed and swaddled her and just held her and rocked her to try and comfort her. She refused to take any gripe water, so we gave her some Ovol, and it wasn't helping. Another half hour later, Addie finally fell asleep. She was utterly exhausted from all the crying.
Then the scary part happened. Addison was gasping for breath in her sleep and her body could not calm down. It was 11pm when she fell asleep, and Ryan and I watched her until midnight. At that point I called telehealth to see what I should do. I called and talked to the nurse for 45 minutes and together we decided that whatever had happened, Addie was okay now. Addie slept from 11pm to 7am and I got up about every 10 minutes to check on her. I was so scared that something could happen but realized that her little body had gotten into a breathing pattern when she was screaming and it had a hard time re-regulating. Today, she has been happy as a little clam and is obviously just fine. Ryan and I know she was okay and have decided that it's okay to be typical first time over-reacting parents.
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