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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
RSV & my little man
I have not posted in a week due to lack of time & energy.
We don't get sick often, but when we get sick......go all out.
So last week 4 out of 6 of us were sick......no fun at all.
This is Landon, he tested positive for RSV last week,
so we've been doing breathing treatments 3 times a day since then.
It's fairly common but typically in the winter months, they say. It can be hard on infants and feel like a really bad cold in older kids & adults.
Apparently when Sydney came down with strep, she had RSV too,
which she then passed to Michaela,
and then I thought I was coming down with strep too,
so the 3 of us were on antibiotics.
After 4 days, I wasn't feeling any relief, but the girls were fever free & on the mend.
Then Landon started with a stuffy, stuffy nose which progressed overnight
into a chesty cough.
The next evening he had a rattle in his chest & was wheezing.
I of course didn't get much sleep that night as my husband was at work & I was worried about my baby.
The next morning we took him to the Dr.
Since they said it's highly unlikely for a child under 3 to have strep
(even though my 19 month old tested positive for strep just days prior),
they swabbed his itty bitty nose.
(even though my 19 month old tested positive for strep just days prior),
they swabbed his itty bitty nose.
He tested positive for RSV.
It's a virus so it has to run its course, but his was more advanced than normal.
The treatments are helping him out so much though!
It makes him yawn quite a bit
And sometimes he tries to swat it away or pull the string
All in all he is in good spirits & does really good with the treatments.
When the nurse was showing me how to use the nebulizer, she couldn't
believe with 4 kids I had never had to use one.
Call me lucky (or a germ-a-phobe)
but my kiddies have stayed pretty healthy throughout their lives.
Knock on wood =D
~Iffy~
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Poor baby.. My 2 month old had RSV, not FUN!! He ended up in the hospital on oxygen for 4 nights. It's scary for wee newborns, cuz if their lungs get too tired to breathe, the lungs just stop.
ReplyDeleteGlad your little guy is over it without a hospital stay. :)
@BizzyMomYou just hate to see any of your babies not running at 100% & when it comes to breathing whether it's asthma, RSV, or something else it is scary. Glad that is behind me & glad yours is all better too =D
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