It’s RSV season and your child gets the horrible diagnosis. However, the only videos circulating are ones in which infants and toddlers become hospitalized, so immediately your heart sinks. I want to spread awareness, not only to RSV, but also show that not every baby is hospitalized and if you advocate for your child, and are aware of when to take your child to the hospital, it is manageable at home (not without some anxiety, of course). The first doctor we saw, who was not his pediatrician, looked me dead in the face and said his lungs sounded clear and just suction using bulb suction at home. I knew in my heart that was not right, as before we even went to the appointment. I personally listened to his lungs with my stethoscope. I immediately phoned our pediatrician and she got us in right away. (should’ve done this in the first place, but they weren’t open when he was breathing how he was in the first clip) She agreed his lungs sided sounded wet and crackly. So she immediately prescribed us a nebulizer that we can use frequently, but just twice a day has been able to keep the mucus from getting so thick that his airways have remained relatively clear. The owlet sock has allowed me to rest at night, knowing I would receive an alert if his oxygen levels dropped, we are checking is temperature frequently, and doing breathing treatments twice a day along with percussion to his back to loosen the mucous. Contrary to what the first doctor said, he has yet to have suction-able mucous from his nose so we are treating his lungs as the main focus. You are not alone.
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