On Thursday Dec 27th, I brought Brayden into the doctor due to his horrible cough and trouble breathing. He went onto a Nebulizer and I had to give him breathing treatments at home every 4 hours. They diagnosed him with broncialitis and a possibility of RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus). The next day I took him in again because he didn't look too good and was having more trouble breathing. The doctor saw him in her office and gave him a treatment. She was on the cusp of hospitalizing him due to his strained breathing but let me test out the waters at home knowing I would bring him in if he got worse. An hour after I left the doctor, he was worse.
I took him into San Ramon Regional Medical Center. After waiting for 4 hours, being tested and having xrays in the ER, they diagnosed him with RSV. Good news is that my sister-in-law, Michelle, works in the ER and helped rush us through. It was very comforting to have her there the entire time.
Around 1am they transferred us to ICU. I won't go into the details of the crappy nurse I had when we first arrived but having only a few hours of sleep the night before didn't make my crabby butt nice to a nurse who wanted to keep me awake all night long. We did get a private room and this is because RSV is airborne and very contagious. I'll give the description in a different color below if you want to read about it:
“Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia among infants and children under 1 year of age. Illness begins most frequently with fever, runny nose, cough, and sometimes wheezing. During their first RSV infection, between 25% and 40% of infants and young children have signs or symptoms of bronchiolitis or pneumonia, and 0.5% to 2% require hospitalization. Most children recover from illness in 8 to 15 days. The majority of children hospitalized for RSV infection are under 6 months of age. RSV also causes repeated infections throughout life, usually associated with moderate-to-severe cold-like symptoms; however, severe lower respiratory tract disease may occur at any age, especially among the elderly or among those with compromised cardiac, pulmonary, or immune systems.”
Day one was pretty touch and go. Brayden went onto oxygen and was watched like a hawk. His breathing was bad but the doctors predicted it would only get worse. They were right on the money. By Saturday evening, he had a temperature of 103. This was a little scary because they though he had caught pneumonia and this was the reason for the spike in temperature.
Sunday morning he was still at 103 and wasn't going down unless he had Tylenol and Motrin in his system. They decided to do a CBC (Complete Blood Count) to see if he had infection and put an IV in the top of his head to hydrate him due to all the throwing up he was doing. The CBC came back negative for pneumonia. (Phew!) The fever was just another part of the RSV and so it needed to be controlled with Tylenol.
Monday morning was a brand new morning and although his wheezing had stopped, he was having a light temperature and now throwing up. They ordered an xray to see if he had contracted pneumonia overnight and that came back negative.
Although Brayden has the flu (compliments of me) and RSV, they saw how on top of things I was with Brayden and how closely I monitored him and felt pretty safe in releasing us for New Years' Eve. We came home at 4pm this afternoon and Brayden's spent most of the time sleeping. He's been on the albuteral treatment every 4 horus and seems to be doing well now that he's home.
I'll update the blog in the next few days on his progress.
I took him into San Ramon Regional Medical Center. After waiting for 4 hours, being tested and having xrays in the ER, they diagnosed him with RSV. Good news is that my sister-in-law, Michelle, works in the ER and helped rush us through. It was very comforting to have her there the entire time.
“Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia among infants and children under 1 year of age. Illness begins most frequently with fever, runny nose, cough, and sometimes wheezing. During their first RSV infection, between 25% and 40% of infants and young children have signs or symptoms of bronchiolitis or pneumonia, and 0.5% to 2% require hospitalization. Most children recover from illness in 8 to 15 days. The majority of children hospitalized for RSV infection are under 6 months of age. RSV also causes repeated infections throughout life, usually associated with moderate-to-severe cold-like symptoms; however, severe lower respiratory tract disease may occur at any age, especially among the elderly or among those with compromised cardiac, pulmonary, or immune systems.”
(Click on this picture and take a look at his right eye.
You will see that he has a blue eye with a pie shape of brown splashed in the color.)
You will see that he has a blue eye with a pie shape of brown splashed in the color.)
Day one was pretty touch and go. Brayden went onto oxygen and was watched like a hawk. His breathing was bad but the doctors predicted it would only get worse. They were right on the money. By Saturday evening, he had a temperature of 103. This was a little scary because they though he had caught pneumonia and this was the reason for the spike in temperature.
Sunday morning he was still at 103 and wasn't going down unless he had Tylenol and Motrin in his system. They decided to do a CBC (Complete Blood Count) to see if he had infection and put an IV in the top of his head to hydrate him due to all the throwing up he was doing. The CBC came back negative for pneumonia. (Phew!) The fever was just another part of the RSV and so it needed to be controlled with Tylenol.
Although Brayden has the flu (compliments of me) and RSV, they saw how on top of things I was with Brayden and how closely I monitored him and felt pretty safe in releasing us for New Years' Eve. We came home at 4pm this afternoon and Brayden's spent most of the time sleeping. He's been on the albuteral treatment every 4 horus and seems to be doing well now that he's home.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
