19 Mo & RSV

Well March came in like a Lion at our house. Jonah was diagnosed with RSV on Monday Feb 28 and we rode the yucky, scary RSV wave all the way through Friday. I took Monday, Tuesday, and Friday off and Josh took Wed and Thurs.
On Monday when I took him into the doc for the first time Dr. Krishna told us we had 2 choices. 1) admit him to the hospital or 2) take him home and treat him there while we watch him like a hawk. He was retracting pretty good and coughing tons. His pulse oxs levels were pretty low, (low 90s/high 80s).

Jonah has RSV, he is retracting some in his ribs so he could've tech been admitted to the hosp 2day. Doc said his pulse ox was good so if he gets 4hr neb treatments & is watched like a hawk for anymore retractions he is safe to come home. We have an appt right away in the AM again. He is drinking fluids. Please pray for him to come out of this on his own without having to be admitted. THANKS!

on our way to doc. hopefully we did everything right last night and we can come home again. I'm packed for a stay, just in case. I'll update as soon as I can. Thanks for the prayers.

‎2 treatments at doc and a BIG nose cleaning. Still pulse ox around 95/96. Still retracting too. We'll see what Dr Krishna wants to do next. These ladies at Peoples Clinic are SO amazing!

So we are home, had a nap and more tylenol. He temp has been going up and down, but he's teething on top of all of this. He has another neb treatment at 2 and more steroid after supper. We are in the same boat as yesterday, could go in, but now the hospitals are full. So we'll keep doing what we are doing here and go back everyday to the doc. :-) It is nice to stay in our own beds. :-)

He's home with dad today. Appt isn't until 3:10. I hope they have a good day and get better as the day goes on. He ate some yest & had a full diaper this AM! YEAH!! Still coughing awful and full of yuck. Still wheezy too. Doing great w/ nebs though, just sits & whines instead of fights.
THANKS for the thoughts and prayers!!

2hrs again at the doc. Chest xray and pulse ox still low. They will be calling w/ the xray results. They are looking for pneumonia (hopefully not finding any) Another appt on Friday unless the xray is bad. Then we'll be back tomorrow. Thanks for your comments, thoughts, and prayers. Much appreciated. Phil 4:13- "We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us."

onah seems to be on the mend. He hasn't had tylenol since yesterday and is eating better. The coughing persists and now he's hoarse from all the coughing, but not it's not at "thick." Looking forward to hearing "all systems go" from the doc tomorrow at 11. :-)