Awake! Awake! Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake!

[ailbhe]

Normally, Linnea stops breathing, the alarm on the monitor goes off, startles her, and she starts again.

Today, the alarm went off, and didn't stop. I dashed upstairs, shouting to Rob (who was already upstairs and could get there faster) "The alarm! The alarm!"

He walked out of his office carrying Linnea.

The machine couldn'tdetect her breathing because she wasn't there.

I sat on the stairs and cried.

Comments

[niallm.livejournal.com]

This, too, will pass.

[ailbhe]

Yeah, but Rob might not survive...

A.
A small part of me is very proud that I only panic when the danger has all gone away; while there is still danger I just take direct action.

[firecat]

Sounds like you're doing exactly what you should be. You're allowed to have emotional meltdown moments.

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I can empathise totally over me crying his morning over Kate's hurt arm.

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Oh, honey. *hugs*

A friend of mine's daughter was on an apnea monitor. Every time it went off, she jumped through the roof. Those things are scary!

Did you kill him? Or at least mame him?

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Much sympathy.

The freaking out I did when I woke one afternoon and found that two-week-old smallclanger wasn't in bed with me had to be seen to be believed. I was convinced he'd rolled off the bed and was grievously injured or dead, since I couldn't hear any noise from him, not even breathing. It took a couple of minutes to discover that imc, who had been out, had come home again and taken him downstairs without waking me. He soon learned never to do that again. (I'm getting a mild panicky rush just thinking about that moment now.)

There's a Baby Blues cartoon on the same lines but I can't find it online right now. This one (http://www.babyblues.com/Testing/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=01/23/03) might give you a slightly relevant smile though.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

:( I don't think I could handle the stress of parenthood. Whether you think you're handling it well or not, you have my respect for doing what you do.

[jemstone.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Two things - 1: I'm glad all is well. 2: Beat him. Please. Or at least get him to turn the monitor off when he's taking her out of the bed? Okay... three, really. 3: At least you know it works?

-JEM

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Goodness, I hope you at least read Rob the Riot Act!

*big gentle hugs*

[ailbhe]

We don't give warnings...

[sashajwolf.livejournal.com]

katyha and dr_d's baby alarm became known at "The-Someone's-Picked-Up-the-Baby Alarm" for this very reason...