Karson Michael McCaslin!

August 19th, 2011 at 3:39 pm Karson Michael McCaslin came into the world with a bang! The cord was wrapped around his neck during delivery and had to be cut before he could be delivered! He purked right up though and was given an apgar score of 6 and then 8 at 5 minutes! He was doing very well and seemed to a happy healthy boy! Weighing in at 8lbs.12.6oz. and measuring 21 1/4 inches long! He looked like a middle linebacker from the moment they layed him on his mommys stomach! During the first feeding after approximately 4 minutes of feeding he started to breathe very fast, stopped feeding, then stopped breathing all together and began to get very blue! As calm as I may have seemed I think I might have been as scared as I have ever been. After picking him up and stimulating him some he pinked right back up and was back to a perfectly healthy boy! This happened 4 times throughout the evening and the last time Dr. Bryan Dennett was there to witness it. He decided that the best place for Karson to be was in the NICU at Wesley in Wichita. Karson was back to stable and resting comfortably as the Dr. and Nurses got ahold of the NICU and by 10 pm the ambulance was there to take Karson to Wichita. Karson slept most of the way up and mommy rode in the ambulance with him and I followed. We arrived around 12am and were immediately met by numerous nurses, Respiratory Therapists, and the Dr. on call for the evening. Definately a comforting feeling knowing that so many people were there to dedicate their time to take care of our new pride and joy! They all made sure he was stable and warm, took a chest x-ray to look at the lungs and see if anything stood out that could possibly explain what was going on. Chest x-ray and blood cultures both came back good. They told us he looked very healthy and still werent sure about a diagnosis. He was started on a wide spectrum antibiotic just incase there was an infection somewhere. The doctor wanted to have a Cardiologist do an ECG on him this morning. He was asleep and needed to rest so Melissa and I came to the waiting room to try and get a little bit of sleep before it was time to pump again and feed Karson. Melissa was up at 440 and I got up at 530. Karson was still doing good and sleeping alot. Woke up a few times and cried but guess thats what babies do. The nurses told us we really need to go get some rest. We decided to check into a hotel across from the hospital. We got back to the NICU around 11 just in time to meet with the Dr. about Karson's ECG result. Karson's heart is in great shape and looks to be strong, but he seems to have a condition called pulmonary hypertension which is a condition where the unoxygenated blood and oxygenated blood are combining together a small amount causing him to choke and turn shades of blue you would never want to see on anyone! Let alone your hour old baby! All in All this was great news because it is something his body has to resolve itself and usually within a couple of days it is solved and you go home! He is going to be fed through a tube for the rest of today and tonight and in the morning we are going to try the breast feeding again! We are all doing well and just takin it easy this afternoon! Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and prayers and we look forward to getting home! We will keep you posted as we can on FB and thru txt! Thanks again, Zach, Melissa, Ansley, & Karson