Independence Holiday Weekend

Our weekend plans changed quite a bit because on Friday as we were all in the car ready to go to a birthday party, Nicholas vomited. We took him inside and suctioned him and tried to calm him down, but his heart rate was super high and his oxygen levels kept dropping so we called the paramedics. They came to our home and administered oxygen and monitored him for about twenty minutes. He was doing great when they left so we opted not to go to the hospital. Later that night after he had been asleep for about an hour, he woke up feeling distressed again. His oxygen levels were in the mid 80's for a few minutes and his heart rate was unusually high again so we called 911 for the second time and just asked that they transport him to OHSU. We knew something was wrong and because OHSU is a twenty minute drive from our home, we didn't want to waste any time. I quickly packed a bag of things for both Nicholas and myself and rode with him in the ambulance. He did just fine on the ride there but vomited again when we arrived at the emergency room. It was a very long night, with neither of us getting much sleep, but luckily all the tests they ran came back negative for aspiration or any kind of infection. We assume that since I increased the milliliters per hour on his feed that day that his tummy got too full and his system was backed up which caused him to vomit and became so distressed. The doctors prescribed antibiotics just in case he was fighting off something, but sent him home Saturday evening. He has been feeling great since Saturday and we are so, so happy that we did not have to spend the holiday weekend at the hospital!!!

We stayed home and relaxed Saturday and Sunday,but decided to venture out on Monday afternoon to my folks' house. Several of my parents friends and our friends joined us for volleyball, a BBQ, swimming in the wading pool, s'mores around the campfire, and fireworks. It was a fun day, apparently I was having so much fun that I neglected to take photos. That and the fact that neither of the kids would nap made me a very busy mommy.

Miss Ella in her patriotic outfit and swimming in the wading pool
Sweet Nicholas enjoying the sunshine and all the familiar faces
Ella with her buddy, Bella, snuggling in to watch the fireworks
I found the firework setting on my camera, but it wasn't very good. This is the best photo I got...not very impressive.Happy Independence Day, America!