Go Away RSV

So Dustin's upper respiratory that I spoke about in the last post, you know the NON contagious one???? Yep it was super contagious and was RSV!! Guess who got it...

You got it...Kaylee and myself started to feel bad that Tuesday.  We both immediately went to the doctor.  My doctor gave me a z-pack.  Since I am nursing I am limited on what I can take.  So just in case it turned into a sinus infection, she gave me a z-pack.  Kaylee got checked out, but they told me to just let them know if she runs fever, had upper chest congestion, or quits eating.  Friday when she got up she was super congested.  We called the doctor and they said to sit in the bathroom with the shower running on hot in the steam.  The picture above is when we were hanging out in the "steam room".  We did this about 3 times a day, and I would sing Christmas songs to keep her entertained....or was it to keep me entertained :).  Dustin left after work to go to Lufkin to go hunting.  Later that day Kaylee and I both started to feel worse.  She started to weez, so at 5pm they had me rush her back up to the doctor.  A nurse and doctor from her practice stayed late so they could check her out.  They hooked her up to machines and her oxygen level was at 100%, and after evaluation they sent us back home.  The doctor said if she got worse to call immediately, because she thought she had RSV.  Saturday morning she was coughing and could not catch her breath.  She was breathing really heavy, and threw up everything right after she nursed.  I called again, and they had me bring her in right away.  I was a nervous freaking wreck.  My Mom came over right away to drive me to Texas Children's.  I asked my Mom on the way to the hospital how she always stays so calm.  She is such a strong woman.  She told me that when my brother Brent was born with Spina Bifida that there was no time to freak out.  She would just say to herself "OK what is the next step to fix the problem", and to put your trust in God.  I need to take this advice more often.  It is so true!!  They took us back and hooked her back up to the machines.  Her oxygen was down to 95%, and after she coughed went back up to 100%.  While we were waiting on the doctor the nurse said to go ahead and feed her.  As I was nursing her she started a coughing fit.  This time her face was turning bright red, she was not breathing, and she was choking on flem.  My Mom flew out of the room to get someone.  The nurse flew in and took Kaylee.  She started hitting her back, and she threw up a ton of mucus.  At this point I was HYSTERICALLY crying and freaking out...not good.  Dustin was driving back from Lufkin to meet us at the hospital.  He made it back in record time from the deer stand.  The doctor came in and decided to see how she did with a breathing treatment.  The breathing treatment went extremely well, and really helped her pass the flem.  He told us that she did have RSV, but because I was nursing and she was not running fever that he thought we would do fine from home.  Saturday was rough.  She threw up almost everything she ate from having coughing fits.  She even started running a mild fever.  Sunday was a much better day.  We are defiantly on the down hill side of it.  I am so happy that my little girl is feeling better.  That was super scary.  It makes me feel extremely blessed to have a healthy child.  It also breaks my heart for those parents who have terminally ill children, or children with extreme problems.  They are true hero's.  Although she still hates her breathing treatments, and fights everyone...she is doing much better!

After fighting Mommy for 10 minutes we finally took our treatment and passed out!  We are on the mend!!