RSV! Those three letters strike fear into the parents of preemies and newborns. Those three letters have brought havoc to my family for the past week. Rocco developed a horrid cough last Friday. It kept getting worse and worse and Saturday, Bryan and I could not get him to stop coughing. It seemed like Rocco could not get his breath so I took him to the ER at 3:00 in the morning. The ER doc diagnosed him with RSV. Since it was Sunday, she advised for us to take him to pediatrician on Monday morning. Monday morning, Rocco still had his awful cough and was wheezing loudly. Pedi doc took one look at poor Rocco and said we would be checking him into the hospital. Very scary moment.
I drove him straight from the office to the hospital. My dad came and got Jillian (bless her heart, she has been so awesome during this whole ordeal). We checked into the hospital with all of the other RSV babies. We waited hours to see the nurses, the Dr., the respiratory therapist, etc. They used major suction on his nose and mouth, gave him steroids and started breathing treatments right away. We are really lucky b/c as horrible a condition as Rocco was in, there were many other little ones who were worse including our roommate. She was older than Rocco but was receiving breathing treatments every hour and you could her terrible wheeze from across the room. I hope little Miabella is doing better.
The good news is that Rocco responded well to the treatment and they discharged us on Tuesday afternoon. We are now continuing the breathing treatments at home. I think he is getting better. Today his wheeze is back but the Dr. said he might have the wheeze for quite some time before he "grows out of it." We go back to the Dr. on Monday so I'll let ya'll know what the pedi doc has to say.
This is not the 4 week post that I had planned but I am so glad that we are out of the hospital that I don't care. I will celebrate this weekend with some fun pictures and stories about the kiddos.
Right now, I need some rest.
I drove him straight from the office to the hospital. My dad came and got Jillian (bless her heart, she has been so awesome during this whole ordeal). We checked into the hospital with all of the other RSV babies. We waited hours to see the nurses, the Dr., the respiratory therapist, etc. They used major suction on his nose and mouth, gave him steroids and started breathing treatments right away. We are really lucky b/c as horrible a condition as Rocco was in, there were many other little ones who were worse including our roommate. She was older than Rocco but was receiving breathing treatments every hour and you could her terrible wheeze from across the room. I hope little Miabella is doing better.
The good news is that Rocco responded well to the treatment and they discharged us on Tuesday afternoon. We are now continuing the breathing treatments at home. I think he is getting better. Today his wheeze is back but the Dr. said he might have the wheeze for quite some time before he "grows out of it." We go back to the Dr. on Monday so I'll let ya'll know what the pedi doc has to say.
This is not the 4 week post that I had planned but I am so glad that we are out of the hospital that I don't care. I will celebrate this weekend with some fun pictures and stories about the kiddos.
Right now, I need some rest.
Getting a breathing treatment...
Fighting getting a breathing treatment.....
Hooked up to monitors...
Getting love from Poppy....
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