Sick Baby!

The night before Jace's first day at daycare, he was so fussy!  He eventually settled and slept all night, went to daycare the following day and my daycare provider said he was a good boy, however, when I picked him up that afternoon I noticed that he was coughing.  That night, again, he was fussy before he went to bed and was really coughing.  The next day, Wednesday, I called and made an appointment to see Dr. M as I had heard RSV was going around.  We made the trip to Jamestown but Dr. M didn't think he had RSV, only a bad cold.  Orders for No daycare for the rest of the week and to use a vaporizor. 

By Friday he was really miserable, coughing and congested in his chest, however, not running a temperature.  I called the clinic help desk line and asked the nurse a few questions and I also asked the nurse, "Do kids with RSV always run a temperature?", her reply...Yes!  So by Friday night, he still wasn't feeling well and we had decided that he needed to go back in Saturday AM.  Back to Jamestown to the walk-in clinic, once we were seen they sent us over to the ER because his heart rate was faster than they liked and he needed chest x-ray and blood work..but still NO temperature!!  Tests came back that he DID have RSV and an ear infection!  Ugh...he's only 7 weeks old!!  Our options were to be admitted to the hospital or we could go home but with specific things to watch for in case he got worse, however, there  is NO TREATMENT for RSV.  We opted for home with no antibiotics only Tylenol!  At home, he was still miserable and  by Sunday night he was eating only about 1 oz every couple hours and was starting to get dehydrated.  Back to Jamestown Monday AM we went...this time to actually see Dr. M (Thank goodness)!  After our visit we left with a Nebulizer and Amoxicillin...by Tuesday morning...things were looking up!  Wow, what a different these drugs made!  Thank Heavens!  I think we finally have our little man feeling better and we all can get some sleep again!!  Scary stuff!!!  So, needless to say, we have been at home again this week so, next week we will try daycare again! 

Jace's daycare provider is a stay-at-home mom and only has one other little boy so he should be in a fairly "germ-free" environment...thank goodness!