Alan raging away on my birthday in hospital!
Well, it has been an exhausting few days! Lachlan and I went to QEII to try and get him reattached to the breast for feeding. He was doing pretty well, feeding from the breast with a nipple shield and then taking the rest of his feed in a bottle when he started fussing about being on the breast. The next day, they suggested to take him to hospital as he was changing colour quite dramatically around feeds. Off we went and bam!, admitted to hospital as the paediatrician thought he might have a hole in his heart. Of course, I tried to keep it all together, but when someone tells you that kind of news with your 4 week old child it is pretty hard!
I decided that I would only stress when and if there was something to stress about! The most stressful part of the whole time in hospital was just that! Being in hospital! Yuck! Was interesting to say the least that I spent my 30th birthday in the children's ward of Canberra Hospital!
We had to go to Sydney yesterday to get Lachlan checked out with an Ultrasound. He does have a VERY SMALL hole in his heart but apparently so do 25% of newborns. It will either close up on it's own or stay there. The only real reason to operate on it is if Lachlan wants to scuba dive etc when he is older. So glad it is all over and that he is ok. Life sure does dish up some challenges!
Some exciting news though, Alan and I are going to be Rory's Godparents! Charity and Andrew asked us on the 22nd. We are SO thrilled.
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