911 is our friend again.

So, last night was an eventful night-at least for Jeff. Let me tell you the story. Firstly it is important to know that Dawson and I were out to eat with some of my friends. Jeff was at home with Samuel-he was suppose to be getting some early shut eye. Well, Jeff said he had just fallen asleep when the monitor starting beeping. He looked at it and kind of shrugged it off as the monitor going "crazy" (sometimes the monitor just doesn't pick up). But, it keep going off, so he turned on the light and Samuel was blue and frantically struggling. Jeff freaked out, but managed to call 911. Samuel's saturation was 38 and his heartrate was in the 50's (it is normally around 130). The 911 dispatcher told Jeff to start CPR and gave him step-by-step instructions. Jeff said that when he started breathing into the trach he noticed the air wasn't going in. Jeff then made a fast decision to change out the trach. As soon as he switched the trach Samuel's stats went up and his color returned. Thank God! Then the emergency crew came in, but Jeff had already saved Samuel's life. They assessed the situation and felt comfortable leaving Jeff and Samuel home. My neighbor came over too because she saw the ambulance and held Samuel once he was stable-thank you Bec! Well, when Dawson and I came home, the situation was under control. Jeff did an amazing job. I am so proud of him. He literally saved Samuel's life. If we didn't have the monitor, then Jeff wouldn't have known Samuel was struggling. Jeff acted instead of reacting. Good job honey! Wow. God really wants Samuel here. Thank you Jesus! Oh...the reason this happened was because Samuel's trach was clogged with a mucus plug.

Please pray that this doesn't happen anymore. We increased his himidity and heat on his mist collar to hopefully prevent this from happening again. But, if it does (which it probably will)- pray that we can act quickly.