The difference in Baby Bear is amazing. The meds have helped so much. He can feed without stopping to breathe heavily after every few sucks. His chest doesn't retract so much with each breath. His colour is so much healthier. He sleeps better. He doesn't cry as soon as he's in his car seat and if he does start to cry he doesn't sound like he's suffocating anymore, and his mouth doesn't get frothy.
It'll take a bit for us to settle into a new routine that incorporates the meds and the polyjoule. It's pretty time consuming and in my sleep deprived state I'm paranoid that I'm going to mix up his meds so I check each dose about a million times (that captopril is potent stuff apparently).
I am so grateful now that Baby Bear wasn't born early like his brothers. Being such a light weight baby, staying inside until 40 weeks gave him a better start. And I'm glad my milk came in so quickly this time, it gave him a chance to put on some weight before he started deteriorating because of the VSD.
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