Better safe than sorry

From about 3 am to 9 am, Wyatt was just not himself. Any time he was awake, he was crying. That is very abnormal for him. Nothing made it better, not walking him, or bouncing him, or his bottle or pacifier. So I called the PICU and talked to the intensivist. He said that we should have Wyatt seen in the ER, just to be safe. When we got to the ER, Wyatt's O2 sats were really low, usually around 65%, but even dropping down to the 50's. His cardiologist came and saw him, and decided to admit him to the PICU, just to keep an eye on him for a while. They did a chest x ray, which came back normal, and an echo, which showed good heart function, and no narrowing. So, we aren't really sure what was causing him to de-sat. His sats are better now, and when he does drop, he comes back up quickly.

When we took his onsie off for his echo, we noticed that the base of his scar had a scab on it. This spot has always looked a little worse than the rest of his scar, but the scab was new. Then, the scab fell off and left a small hole in its place. I noticed what looks like a piece of wire sticking through this hole. Originally, they were saying that Wyatt would probably go home tomorrow but now that his surgeon has to look at this spot tomorrow, and may trim the wire, we could potentially be here longer :-/

I am glad that I listened to my gut and we brought him in, but being back in the hospital isn't much fun. Plus, Wyatt sleeps in the bed with us at home because he just won't stay asleep in his bassinett, so we are going to have to spend the night holding him in the rocking chair in shifts, so he will sleep. Should make for an interesting night.

Oh, the joys of being a heart parent. *sigh* good thing he is totally and completely worth it. :)