Thanks for asking. I have no good news to report. I've been unable to log in from my BlackBerry until now.
This whole thing is a mess. No one seems to actually have ANY idea what is wrong with baby. He completely stopped breathing on me Monday afternoon. They had to intubate him. Doctor now says he has RSV along with a bad case of Swine Flu (he says that had to have been acquired since he was admitted to the hospital, but my understanding was that it took 2 weeks to even show symptoms). They cannot pinpoint exactly WHAT is causing him to just stop breathing. He just does it out of nowhere. More and more tests are being done and everything is coming back good. His white cell count is fairly low, but that shouldn't be causing the problems he's having. We've been here a week and are actually worse off than when he was first admitted. I'm going to ask his regular pediatrician to come in and check on him. She's thorough and may find something the doctors here are missing.
Dad sent me a text this morning at 3am that said
"Me n wife hav decided tht sence u didn't let us take Son 4 r regular visit Sat tht well b picking him up Fri morning and will bring him back Sun at 9PM"
I didn't answer. 10 mins later...
"we also want him next weekend from Fri morn to Sun nite. N we want all day Thanksgiving cause we hav family plans"
Again I didn't answer. Keep in mind, dad is on a graduated visitation schedule with son. No overnight until 18months old, and son is 15 months. Also, holidays aren't addressed in our court order until the standard every other weekend visits start at 2yrs. (that was HIS lawyers doing.)
What he doesn't seem to realize is that we will still be here Friday. And God only knows how long after that. I wouldn't agree to it anyway... Not with the shape kiddo is in.
He just doesn't get it. Hasn't ONCE asked for an update about how Son is doing. Nothing. Which tells me, this isn't about Son at all, but rather he and his wife and their families.
This is a bad dream I can't wake up from. I know it. I've stayed strong for baby's sake and haven't fallen apart yet. (Although I've lost 14 pounds in the last week) I just pray I have what it takes to see Son through this.
Thanks again for asking. It really means a lot. Complete strangers from the internet are more concerned about Kiddo than his own Dad.