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Albuterol treatment for my sick preemie

alphaphi98alphaphi98 member
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My 3 month old baby girl (born at 32 weeks) is sick, very congested, coughs and sneezes. I think she has RSV. I took her the doctor and they started her on albuterol treatments. I give it to her every 4 hrs at home. She doesn't have a fever. I've been using the Babyfrida nose aspirator to get out her snot. It's thick, yellow and super gross. I feel so bad for her. She's not feeding well. I'm suppose to give her the albuterol around the clock every 4hrs for 2 days and go back to the doctor for a follow up appt. 

How long will it take for her to clear up and feel better? Any one have experience with this?  

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Re: Albuterol treatment for my sick preemie

  • meldoo2002meldoo2002 member
    Oh no... she's so young )c:  My boys both had RSV at 9 months and 12 months and again their 2nd year so we've kind of pros at it unfortunately.  But they were also older.  It usually takes a good 5-7 days like a cold before it's out of their system.  They can go downhill really fast so if she's struggling to breath, changing color at all, just doesn't look good I would take her to the hospital to be checked again.  We usually end up doing the albuterol every 4 hours for a couple days and then can wean down, but like I said my guys are older.  How long has she been home?  

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  • alphaphi98alphaphi98 member

    Thanks for the advice. She was born at 32 weeks but thank God she did not have any health problems. She had a short and uneventful 3 week stay in the NICU. She's been home since the beginning of October. The night of Christmas, she actually slept through the night for 7 hrs. I'm hoping she gets back to that after she feels better.

    She's doing well with the albuterol treatments. I think it's helping. We go back to the doctor tomorrow for a follow up, so we'll see how it goes. I bought a humidifier last weekend and have been using it. I bought a hot steam one. Not sure if it makes a difference. Hope she feels better soon. I'm off maternity leave and return to work as a teacher next Monday. My mom will be watching her when I work. 

    Happy new year everyone! 

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  • thishappyhousethishappyhouse member
    no experience, but hoping that your little girl is better soon.  She is very young so dont hesitate to call your doc if you are concerned at any time.
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  • sweetsugarmamasweetsugarmama
    my boys just got over RSV but they didn't have it until they were 9 months. I'm sorry she got it so little! LIke pp said, the incline, the humidifier and we did vicks on the soles of their feet (no idea why that helps a cough but it does) along with the steam shower. I also made the vicks disks from pinterest to dissolve in the shower and maybe help them breathe. we used the menthol baby wash too-it helps my colds so i hope it helped them.
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