Over the past 8 and half months we had the perfect pregnancy. We prayed and prepared for an all natural process and birth through and through. But on his birthday and during a regular weekly midwivery visit we were very suprised to find that Daylon's heart rate was at a scary 200-220. Our wonderful midwife hustled us over to the hospital here at St. Vincents and after evaluating his heart rate some more and taking a look at his heart via an ultrasound it was determined we needed to have an emergency c-section performed.
Jeanne. Was. Awesome. I love her so, so much. What a rock. But our little man was giving us more of a scare when his heart starting racing at around 240-250 right after his birth. I followed him into NICU where immediately he was put on monitors and IVs. Broke my heart and I had plenty of tears. Even more tears came when a few hours later and with plenty of medications in him for the determined condition I mention below his heart rate was dropping which was good but he was struggling to breathe. He finally normalized around 7am on the 28th.
It was determined that he has Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT), not life threatening, but certainly scary when dealing with the heart. Basically his heart and the electrical methods that fire his heart into pumping are doing so off rhythm and when natural Valsalva maneuvers don't succeed, medications are needed to get the heart calm. His body could decide to completely normalize and have no need for meds in a day, a week, but most likely it'll be a few months before he'll outgrow the condition.
We named our son Daylon Emery after Daylon Emery Harrington who passed away over the Memorial Day weekend. Our deepest condolences, love, and prayer to his family. From the bottom of our hearts we so, so, so much appreciate the Harringtons' blessings to name our son after their son. What an honor and privilege.
Praises to the Lord for giving us such a beautiful, perfect, healthy baby boy. And all our love, prayers, and thanksgiving to all our family and friends for their love and prayers! We sure can't wait for you all to meet him.
Update: Monday June, 1. Jeanne was discharged yesterday and was sent home with some nice pain killers and well wishes from the wonderful doctors and nurses. We have continued to go back to the NICU almost every 3 hours to feed and change Daylon, and of course hold and snuggle with him. Tomorrow is a big day! He is coming home! We picked up his Digoxin medication for his heart, learned exactly how to administer it and listen to his heart with a home stethoscope, and Jeanne and I feel well prepared for having him home given he has been on a pretty consistent diaper/feeding schedule in the ICU. All is ready for him. Lord, we ask for your wisdom and for your love.
With all our hearts we love and thank our Lord, family, and friends!
