RSV - What to Expect??

My oldest had it and got through fine. We think my youngest might just be getting over it. We never had to neb or anything. I use a humidifier to help the congestion and we're watching him. He just has a slight crackle when he breathes and the doctor said to keep an eye on it so his breathing doesn't get labored.

My youngest had RSV last year. The neb treatments are key!!!! Make sure you are faithful in doing them!!! YOu should follow-up with the pediatrician too to be sure once the neb treatments are completed that he doesn't need anymore. If he worsens you'll know about it but it sounds like he is already showing improvement.

Boy, a lot of moms called it right on RSV, didn't they. I don't have any experience with RSV, but I wanted to just say that I'm very sorry about your baby and I hope so much that he gets better soon.

Dawn

my son was 14 months old when he got RSV, and that was 15 years ago. We had trouble from then on, with lots of colds and eventually he was diagnosed with asthma, and he has lots and lots of allergies. But for the last probably 10 years, we have taken him regularly to an allergy/asthma doctor, who has taken very good care of him. He has only been hospitalized once in his life for it, and he was in for 5 days for respiratory failure. That was the scary one. I hope I'm not scaring you, I'm just sharing my experience with it. We were in the ER many many times before we actually started going to an asthma/allergy dr, so I think if you stay on top of things and follow your doctors advice, and if his advice is not working, keep going to different dr's to help your child. It just takes time and figuring out if you do end up having issues because of the RSV. I hope you do not!!!!

After having RSV at 8 months, and spending 24 hours in the hospital, we did neb treatments for just a couple of days and he was doing better. He had an inhaler and we needed it every time he got a cold for about the next 2 years to help him breath, than as he got older he out grew it. This is my understanding of how it happens for most kids when the RSV is found and treated right away as it sounds like yours was. My nephew was around one when he got it. They did not find it right away and he got worse and worse until he finally ended up in the ICU were they figured out what was wrong. He has a lot of scar tissue in his lungs now and will have asthma for the rest of his life. Thank goodness you found it early!

we ended up in the hospital with RSV for four days...but she needed oxygen...do every treatment!!

I would say your case isn't as bad...we went straight from doctors office to hospital.

My daughter has had no lasting effects at all. Your son should be just fine.

Only one of my kids got RSV-he was quite a bit younger than your baby, only 2 months. His case was pretty serious and he ended up requiring oxygen. Since yours is older I would think his case would be pretty mild. If he is responding to meds and eating it sounds to M. like he is doing great! From what I understand RSV is usually only dangerous in very young or premature babies under 1 year old. Try not to worry-easier said than done!

Not my son... but at Children's last spring the entire Pulm and Med wards at one point were full of RSV kids (never happens... but RSV was sweeping through our area last spring). We had different issues that kept us there for ages... but the RSV kids were usually only there for a few days to a week.

Please watch it very very very very very closely. I know how everyone is saying it will be okay and most likely it will. My friend lost her 5 week old grandson to it. He was nursing then gone 5 minutes later. It was the most horrible time for that whole family. He had been to the doc the day before.

The couple had a set of twins after that and the parents took turns sleeping so that one of them could always be watching the kiddos sleep.

The treatments the docs gave to you should be followed to the letter. Do not skip any even if you think the child is getting better and may not need it. Do not skip it. Do it for as long as possible until the doc is positive the virus is gone.

We had 1 in the hospital for a week and the next one that came was the same but did not test positive for RSV, she had pneumonia. They are both serious illnesses so just be sure to watch carefully and do the treatments to keep those airways open. It is a serious illness, don't let anyone tell you it's not. It is serious but he should come through it fine.

My daughter was diagnosed with RSV at about the age of 8 months. It was scary--I cried when the pediatrician was teaching M. to use the nebulizer. We did treatments for about 10 days, although syptoms subsided earlier than that. My daughter is now 3 years old and there have not been ANY implications. She has had a number of colds and has not required the use of the nebulizer for any of them. I agree with the other mom--it sounds like your son is well on his way to recovering fully! Eating and playing normally are very good signs.

RSV is very common.
The CDC estimates that almost every child will have an RSV infection sometime before their 2nd birthday.
My son had it and developed pneumonia at 1 yr old.
It took about 2-3 weeks to get over.
I was vigilant about him taking his meds through the whole thing and I like to think I was the factor in keeping him well enough so he didn't land in and oxygen tent in the hospital.
There were no lasting side effects and 12 years later he's a healthy kid with no respiratory or medical problems.
Hang in there.
Make sure he takes his meds and follow you Dr's instructions.
It's nerve wracking, but you'll get through it and he'll be fine.

http://www.cdc.gov/rsv/