On July 3, 2010 we were at a family gathering to celebrate Independance Day. This picture was taken just hours before we would take Chase to the ER for the first time. I am going to try to start from the beginning as it all plays into the big picture. I knew from a few hours after Chase was born that he was different. Being my second born I had his sister to compare him to and when he had passed his 12th stool in the 15 hours since his birth, I knew something was wrong. He had trouble keeping his body temperature up and his blood sugar stayed low for the first couple of days. Since he was born premature, he had to pass a car seat test before we could bring him home. He failed this test miserably and I remember the nurse creeping back into the room with our baby to tell us about it. This meant he could not hold his oxygen level above 90% while in his car seat. So, we purchase a car bed that allowed him to lay flat for the car ride home. When we got home, we noticed he could not sit at all in a reclined position, like in a bouncy seat or swing. He would turn blue until he was laid flat again. The stooling continued to be excessive, up to 20 times per day, but the PCP continued to tell me it was normal since he was breastfeeding every 1 1/2 to 2 hours around the clock. Chase slept if he wasn't nursing and when he did latch he would go back to sleep. He also had lots of mucus in his nose and chest and was developing a productive and hacking cough. On this day in July he also started vomiting. With the stools being non-stop and the vomiting, I knew something was wrong and after a call to the nurse we headed to the ER. They done a quick exam and sent us back home. They told us to return if the vomiting continued. He got worse as the night went on and we returned the next morning. The doctor in the ER decided to admit us and said Chase had a GI virus. This was the beginning of the hospital stays...
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