Babies going blue

Just want to see others experiences of this.

Cooper goes blue, either his lips or his whole mouth area, looks kinda like a really bad case of wind.

He is wheezy & is on ventolin, combivent, and ab's at the moment incase of an infection. He's had nebulisers a few weeks ago & his sat levels were done yesterday & are normal ( which I thought they would be cause he was a nice shade of pink at that time!)

He seems to go blue when he eats or after he's eaten and when he sleeps. I've been told by a sleep therapist friend to get his transcutaneous C02 checked as well.

Anyone else go through this & what was the outcome?

Yeah I kinda wondered about the heart thing too..

Yep, I'm in the "what about the heart" group.

Yep listened to his chest.

The first dr I saw was good & I think I would have got more of a reaction from her if I had managed to get into see her again. But the Dr I did see didn't query the blueness or suggest anything. I had to push her to get something stronger than ventolin. The nurse was the one that sent me for the sat test on my insistence. The dr just looked & didn't bother with it.

This dr just said we dont' diagnose asthma until 1yo so you cant get a preventor....

I wonder if I can hire a sat monitor?

Tonight again he was blueish, this is while sitting up. He was having breathing issues at the time. Not overly rattly as I'd given him the combivent but still not breathing normally. I was asking my Mum can you see what I'm talking about & she agreed.

I just can't get over this Dr not focusing on the fact a baby is turning blue! Am phoning Dr's in the am to book in with the first Dr even if I have to wait until Monday to see her.

Thank god for angelcare monitors.

I have contemplated doing that Marisa.

When I said to Mum tonight about it she was gobsmacked that we don't have private paed's here.

Or if you are going to go to the GPs video record him doing it. Then you have proof and something for them to view

bummer my doctor was deported. she was fantastic with kids and would've seen you. can you get a second opinion? what about going to city doctors tonight and trying someone else?

Oh & today I had specifically booked to see Dr#1, I would have gone in yesterday but had something else on so had to wait until today. I was unconvinced by Dr#2's treatment that I wanted to go back to the good Dr

Spencer used to be like this as a new born for a few months, and looking back so was his sister. I thought it was just wind.
Spencer has also had a few cases of bronchiolitis and heaps of chesty coughs.
I haven't noticed any more blueness but i'll look out for it again I think.

Update: We've had chest x-rays & an ECG & because I haven't heard from the Dr's then it's all good.

BUT I have been thinking seriously along the lines of reflux after someone said about constant night waking.

I have found the Australian reflux support website which lists the below:
Their infant or child has chest issues any increased breathing effort, particularly after vomiting (NDDIC, 2006) or during or after eating repeated coughing wheezing repeated chest infections or pneumonia apnoeas (breathing stops temporarily) cyanosis (turns blue) or colour changes (pale or blue) around their mouth or face

So I think I'll follow up with my own Dr tomorrow & ask their opinion.

Meanwhile, sadly I am going to go cold turkey on coffee & chocolate