Last night was one of the worst nights of my life. In the end it was nothing, but before knowing that it was hell. More than hell.
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We heard this panicked scream come from Tommy so we ran to get him. There were roughly 3 small piles of spit up (the usual gross white stuff) on the floor in front of him. But he was screaming and gagging. Did he swallow something? Why was he throwing up?
He would scream, his stomach would make a gurgling-regurgitating type sound, and he'd try to throw up some mucousy-phlegm stuff. Immediately he'd try to suck it back down, which I'm sure was caused by the intense crying, so we attempted to scoop as much as possible out from his mouth. It had a tinge of blood which really set me off.
This cycle just kept repeating for what seemed like forever. In reality it was probably only 10 minutes before we called 911. He finally spit up a golf ball size chunk of phlegm. A few minutes after the ambulance finally showed up he calmed down and was acting very....Tommy.
As silly as it sounds, he was choking on his own spit. We have an appointment with the Pedi today to determine if it was just caused by teething or a cold or something else. This had to be the most intense and horrible moment of our lives.
Just hug your babies extra hard today. Just because.
Frugal Fluff
1 hour ago
Soooo scary Alycia! I've been there! Logan (my 5 year old) has this thing that, whenever he has a cold and is really congested, if he goes to bed and falls asleep on his back, his snot will drain down his throat and choke him. He wakes up and can't breathe and panics and ends up throwing up. He's done it so many times. I finally figured out the only system that works for him. It starts with a hot shower, then vicks on his chest and a vaporizer in his room and he sleeps on elevated pillows (i put blankets under his pillow to prop it up). I've been puked on so many times from this and the first couple times i was so terrified because i thought he was choking to death. i had him over the toilet and i was whacking his back and so on.
ReplyDeleteglad your baby is ok. i think logan has a narrow windpipe because he's always choked/gagged easily on food and stuff and the snot does the same thing to him.
anyway, had to share with you because i'd never heard of this happening to anyone before it happened to logan and it was sooooo scary! i think he was around 1 1/2 the first time it happened.
maybe a vaporizer and stuff would help your son, too, if congestion is what was causing his issue?