My LO has RSV

Mattsprincess2

My DD got a cough on wednesday but I assumed it was a normal cold- last night she developed horrible rapid wheezing breathing, so I took her to the Dr today and sure enough they diagnoised her with RSV- how scary!  They said I caught it early where she won't need hospitalization, and she is being prescribed some type of cortizone medicine and I just have to keep an eye on it to make sure she doesn't get worse. also recommended vaporizor and having her sleep a little up right

Houseof8

Glad you caught it early...we just went through this too.  We used VCR tapes (finally, a use for them!) under the feet of LO's crib to prop one end higher.  Hope she gets to feeling better soon.

tak2002

henry just got over rsv. it's so hard to see them so sick

henry had to take breathing treatments w/ the nebulizer but oddly enough liked the face mask! he slept all his naps in the car seat (locked into the stroller, which i wheeled around the house to help him sleep better!) it was a rough 2 or 3 weeks! hope you lo is better soon!!

dizzzy_chik99

Mattsprincess2:

My DD got a cough on wednesday but I assumed it was a normal cold- last night she developed horrible rapid wheezing breathing, so I took her to the Dr today and sure enough they diagnoised her with RSV- how scary!  They said I caught it early where she won't need hospitalization, and she is being prescribed some type of cortizone medicine and I just have to keep an eye on it to make sure she doesn't get worse. also recommended vaporizor and having her sleep a little up right

EXACTLY what happened to us. DS was 4 months old. Unfortunately the clinic I had to take him to (the pedi was full the day I was trying to get him in) that diagnosed him with it, told me there wasn't anything I could give him for it and that we just had to wait it out! I had no idea, so I assumed they knew what they were talking about. 5 days later when he wasn't getting any better, I took him to the pedi and they gave me 3 meds for him! I was so mad!! He got over it pretty quickly after finally getting the meds.

jack218

My LO had RSV at 9 weeks old. I had to go to take LO to the doctor 3 days in a row and they told me there was nothing they could give her either and I had to ride it out. It was horrible. She lost her voice from crying so much. I finally started giving her some tylenol because she had a slight fever and I would steam the shower up once or twice a day when she was at her worst. it took about 7 days for LO to finally feel better. Bad thing was it was right at Christmas so we did not get many pictures.