Car Seat Test

We had brought Nicholas's car seat into the room since shortly after the shunt surgery in anticipation of his discharge. When he developed the feeding problems and needing the second surgery, we just left it in his room knowing that he would eventually need it to have the test.

That day finally came! His nurse and Mike set up the car seat in the middle of the room near the monitors. Nicholas was placed in his car seat and buckled in. His initial vitals were taken and then we had to wait an hour. If at any time during that hour his vitals dropped, the test would stop so he could be safe and he would have failed the test. If he failed, he got one more try and then we would talk about a car bed. 

As I previously posted, we were very worried about a car bed. While we would do what we had to do to keep our child safe, we didn't have enough room in either car for all three kids if we needed a car bed. Luckily, if we needed it, insurance would cover it - since the car bed prices started at about $1800. 

I tried very hard not to watch the monitors while we waited for the hour to go by.  Mike took Zach to one of the pediatric floors where they were having an event provided by Child Life and my mom and Emily and I just sat in the room and waited for the hour to pass. 

He passed! He passed with flying colors! He had never once even gotten close to where they would be concerned. 

One more check on the list for going home.