Henry's 1st Day- Not what we expected

We noticed when we were holding him for the first time that he was making little grunting noises.  We just thought they were cute, new baby noises so didn't think anything about them.  The nurses were a little concerned saying that if he's grunting with every breath that may mean he's struggling breathing. 
They took him away to the nursery for cleaning and routine testing and that is when they got a little worried about the development of lungs and possibly the level of oxygen in his blood.

Around 10:30 am they brought him to our room in an enclosed carrier and informed us that he will need to be admited to the NICU to get help with his breathing.  This was heartbreaking- we were so excited to get him back & to hold him some more.  They told us after the dr's assessed him and they took some xrays of his lungs, we could go visit him but he would not be staying in our room with us. 

NICU

First, they put an oxygen rich hood or cap over his head and things started to get a little better, but his oxygen blood levels were still a little low.

Second, they decided that the best thing to do would be to start CPAP (Continuous positive airway pressure).  It is administered through the nose simiar to oxygen you see with older people.  This goes into is nostrils and stays in place with the face mask.  It was hard to see him like this with so many tubes and this over his face. 

 We wanted so desperately to hold him again, and luckily they let us. 

This seemed to work great throughout the day and Becki, her brother, and my sister saw great progress Tuesday night as his oxygen percentage was near natural percentage of about 23% down from 50% oxygen earlier in the day.

Becki, having been up for at least 48 hours headed to bed with me right behind her hopeful to see Henry first thing in the morning.