He has had a cough for a few days, which we thought was either from his reflux or a post nasal drip. Yesterday, when I picked him up from Steven's parents' house, he had been running a fever of about 100. I took him home and noticed he sounded very congested. At about 10:00, he woke up crying and was running a fever of 102.2 and sounded even more congested with a rattley chest and nasty cough. At this point, I am convinced it is the swine flu and called the after hours nurse. She suggested that he sleep in the bed with us and to take him to the pediatrician in the morning. At 3:00, he woke up crying. We gave him tylenol and a bath and he went back to sleep until around 7:00 this morning. I took him to the doctor at 9:30, (earliest appointment available) and the doctor seemed to know right away that it was RSV. He had his nose swabbed for both the flu and RSV. Flu was negative, RSV was positive.
The nurse showed me how to give Miles a breathing treatment and he seemed to do fine... much better than I expected him to do. We left the doctor with directions to do breathing treatments every four hours, rest, and stay hydrated.
Poor little man!
2 comments:
Kolton got RSV when he was Miles age...I can feel your pain! Hope he feels better soon and you all can get some rest!!
Ethan got RSV at 3 months. I was SO mad because I took him to the doctor three days in a row. I knew something wasn't right with him, and they kept saying it was "just a cold". Turns out, it was RSV AND a double ear infection. I was livid! (this happened on a weekend)
If you ever need a machine for breathing treatments, we own one. Just call me.
Also, Ethan just got over the swine flu. Fever got up to 105. TERRIBLE. Fortunately no one else has gotten it yet.
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