ER Visit

Brayden Visits

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Saturday July 16th the Stubes went to a wedding of a friend of Jon's from his cohort. It was way out in the middle of nowhere where there was no such thing as cell phone service! Ah! We enjoyed a beautiful wedding on top of Hyner Mountain Lookout and then... the reception started...

Brayden was having a hard time at the reception. I know he was exhausted but he just wasn't acting himself. I nursed him and a few minutes later he spit up a large blood clot that could have filled a shot glass. Of course, I freaked out! Now I was having a hard time without cell phone service, but looked at Jon and said that I wanted to take him in to the ER because I was scared for my little guy. There were no visual signs the blood was coming from me. 

We left the reception and headed towards home and the hospital. We called the on call doctor and he confirmed that it would be best for us to take him in. The ER staff was great! Top notch! Brayden was taken back before Jon and Ruthie could park the car! They weighed him and he had dropped some ounces and he was running a low fever. The pediatrician quickly put us at ease stating that she felt strongly the blood came from me and he spit it up because obviously it upset his belly. She decided to run a test just to make sure his hemoglobin's weren't low. The pictures below are of us waiting for the results which came back normal and perfect.  She asked us to follow-up with our pediatrician on Monday and we were sent on our way. 

Monday- today i called first thing in the morning to schedule an appointment with Dr. Jarvie. When i called, the secretary told me that Dr. Jarvie was booked, so she scheduled me with the first available doctor. I was pretty bummed because I wanted Brayden's doctor, but still wanted to be seen right away. A few minutes after I hung up the phone, she called me back and said that Dr. Jarvie moved around his schedule and she could tell by my tone that I really wanted to see Brayden's primary doctor so she asked if I would want to reschedule with Dr. Jarvie. What a blessing! 

First thing we did when we arrived is got our little man weighed. Surprisingly he weighed in at 12 lbs 10 oz but he did have his clothes on. When we got into the room I asked the nurse if we could weigh him with his clothes off since weight as been such a huge issue. As I was getting him undressed I discovered Brayden had a huge diaper explosion! Ah! As I opened his diaper I discovered there was blood all through it! :( Right away, I knew most likely there was blood there because of all the blood he's swallowed lately. Dr Jarvie entered in moments later and we started discussing our options. Bottom line, we have a GI specialist meeting Brayden on Friday and I cannot wait to see where we go from there. I want answers!! I want my little guy to grow! He is the most sweetest boy and although tiny, is still hitting all milestones early and has such a great personality. 

Stay tuned for a follow-up after our appointment on Friday. Please pray for

1) That they take his case seriously and do what they need to do to give us answers right away.

2) That no matter what, our little man is okay and whatever is going on is an easy fix. 

Also- tomorrow Brayden and I have an appointment with a lactation consultant. Hopefully she can figure out why I'm bleeding and how to fix that!