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Tell me about your experience with RSV...

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When was your child the sickest?  at what point did they start getting better?  and did the cough linger?  Pedi has given me a lot of info, but like to hear "real world" experiences, too.  and I know everyone's child is sick to a different degree.   I'm curious too as to what sort of longer term affect this will have on him....pedi says that babies with RSV will need special attention when they have colds/etc until they're at least 2-3 years old.

Griffin was diagnosed on Tuesday...pedi said he would likely be at his worst within 24-48 hrs of that.  Tuesday night was terrible, he seemed better during the day on Weds, but during the night last night woke up a lot, and we had to give him a breathing treatment at 4 am because he was coughing and breathing hard.  He's seems better this morning, still has a low grade fever....

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Re: Tell me about your experience with RSV...

  • Tomkat8403Tomkat8403 member

    She had a fever for 3 - 4 days before the cough and congestion started. Then she was REALLY sick, wheezing, coughing, etc for about 4 days. They put her on breathing treatments and she cleared up within about 2-3 days almost completely.

    Good luck. It's no fun, and it's a rogh couple of weeks.

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  • cjsbdlcjsbdl member
    For us it peaked on days 3-4 after the cough showed up and he was completely symptom free after 10 days. No lingering cough.
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  • Mel729Mel729
    DS had this a acouple weeks ago. He had a wet cough for a few days, then started wheezing. He had a bad cough and wheezing for about 3 days. We used the nebulizer and humidifier and then he was better. I would say he was all better within 10 days. He only had a low fever. I hope your little one gets better soon!
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  • KayT27KayT27
    DS began having a runny nose and cold like symptoms on Saturday.  Didn't seem too bad until the following Tuesday.  The coughing started and was horrible by Thursday - that's the day he was diagnosed with RSV.  I would say Friday night was the peak when it was at it's worst.  By Sunday he was much better but still coughing.  Went back to the doctor on Monday and was cleared to go back to daycare.  He still has a bit of a cough at night but we're giving him a liquid form of Albuteral when he needs it.
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  • mechanicsgirlmechanicsgirl
    She has had cold like symptoms the past 3 weeks - last week, she started a really nasty cough and it just got worse.  She had a fever during the beginning of the coughing (for the first 5 days), and it hit 103.9 WITH Motrin at the highest.  She has been on a nebulizer for breathing treatments and having chest percussions to break up the mucous in her chest.  She was in the hospital for 3 days (Mon-Wednesday of htis week), and is still coughing/running nose/etc.  I hear it can go on for several more weeks. :(
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  • Temp159135562506975Temp159135562506975 member

    Gibby had it early in jan - we went to the ER and his oxygen was OK so they gave us a nebulizer and sent us home.  that was on saturday- by monday it was worse- he couldn't sleep more than 5 min without horrible coughing - went to the pedi- he said it was full blown bronchitis and put him on antibiotics- he started to feel better the next day - but the cough has lingered since then - 2 months later... i think he'll have it until april.  He doesn't cough much during the day- but when he wakes up  in the am he coughs for a few minutes straight, still!  The doc has checked him many times since then and his chest is clear now - it's just the lingering daycare cough.

    it's always worse at night and in the am.

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