Hospital Drama

 

 

Everything was great when Tanner was born, however the night after his birth the nurses got really concerned that he was making a grunting noise when he was breathing.  They rushed him to monitor him and ended up putting an IV in to draw blood.  By morning the pediatrician on call was there and ordered a chest X ray and more tests to check for pneumonia.  We were a bit concerned at first because he was induced two weeks early and our only concern about having him early was that his lungs might not be completely developed.   After the tests came back and after discussing the situation with the neonatal specialist at UVRMC they wanted to start him on antibiotics for pneumonia, just in case.

This didn't sit well with me since none of the tests showed anything concerning.  They were basing it on the fact that he made a grunting sound (which one of my other boys did at birth as well but no one was concerned) and he only made the sound when he was in his crib.  If we held him he didn't make the sound.  I was really upset with all of this going on as they kept whisking him out of our room for more tests but in my heart I knew there was nothing wrong with him.  He was a perfectly healthy baby and we just had to get the doctors to realize this as well.  It was a long stressful 2nd day at the hospital but in the end we explained our concerns to a 2nd pediatrician who confirmed the fact that the test results didn't show anything abnormal.  In the end, they waited on antibiotics, tested his blood cell counts again, and at 8PM that night we got the good news that he was indeed perfectly fine.  It was great news and meant we could go home the next day as originally planned.  We were also finally able to get that IV out of my little guys hand!  I'm so glad we went with our gut when we felt like Tanner was perfectly healthy and that John was able to express his concerns to the pediatrician even though it is not John's personality AT ALL to question or debate with someone.