Great News! And Some Scary Days....

Great News!

On Thursday DH got a job! The day after he was laid off the owner of this company called him and asked him if he'd be interested in working for them. DH said he'd think about it and Thursday we went up there and he made DH an offer he couldn't refuse. What a relief for us to have him back to work (he starts Monday). Also he was offered a raise of a few thousand dollars and some great perks!! He was so psyched he was calling all our family to say he got a raise of $6000+ and I did the math.... over the unemployment he would have collected, it was a raise of $30,000+ He was even happier when he learned that! :-)

Scary News...

That same night we were really excited and were celebrating with carrot cake. DH fed DD a bottle whilst I pumped and DD fell asleep in his arms. He held her about 45 minutes after feeding her then passed her to me to get her dressed for bed. I got her dressed, picked her up for a snuggle and she stopped breathing. She got really rigid and turned bright red. I flipped her over and started hitting her on the back. It took about 5 seconds (which was an eternity) but mucus and milk came out her nose and mouth. She started to gasp for air and finally got her lungs full and let out an ear splitting scream. I was of course upset and we immediately packed her up and headed to the hospital. The hospital diagnosed her with Reflux and asked us to talk with our Pedi (which we had before about her reflux and the pedi didn't want to do anything about it). Home from the hospital around 3am, I didn't sleep at all that night watching her. What if she spit up again while sleeping and couldn't clear her throat then?? Seriously, what if we'd been sleeping.

I said to DH on the way home from the ER that "Miss G was just reminding us to appreciate her." He broke down in tears and replied "we appreciate her so much, she's our miracle baby. We were not supposed to have children.... we will never take her for granted."

Last night was another sleepless night watching her.... we're going to a specialist soon and she's now on baby Zantac. hopefully some more nights of sleeping and breathing will help me relax and get the rest I need... especially since DH begins work Monday and I go back in 2 weeks.