RSV and Colds.

So this week started with a BANG it seems. On Monday we took Orin's mom to the airport and it seems whenever she leaves something ALWAYS goes wrong but usually car stuff. Well this time it turned out to be something completely different. It all started on Tuesday, Hannah got a little bit of a runny nose i didn't think too much of it. Then Camden developed a runny nose and a really bad cough and i thought well he has a cold for sure. Well tuesday night came and Camden was the same however Hannah had become worse she became extremely stuffy and devloped an extremely horrible cough i looked at Orin and told him first thing in the morning i am calling the doctor and taking them in. So 8 am rolled around Wednesday morning and i was on the phone, their pediatrician wasn't working at the clinic that day she was up at the hospital but the other doctor was willing to see them so in we went. While they where getting both kiddo's vitals and history of what was going on Hannah started coughing, the doctor was outside in the hallway and heard it she stuck her head in the door and said "Is that the baby i am hearing coughing like that?" We all replied in unison with "Yes" she looked at the nurse and told her she wanted a rapid RSV test done immediately it sounded to much like RSV so the nurse leaves and comes back in with a nose sucker the size of Hannah. The got a sample and did the rapid RSV, while the doctor was in talking with us the nurse came in and said "It was positive." my heart skipped a beat. I never thought i would have to go through a child having RSV, i became so scared because when you hear RSV all you hear are the horror stories people's babies getting admitted to the hospital being in there for days and even weeks and some of them don't make it. The doctor started looking Hannah over checking everything and then told us that Hannah was not bad enough to be taken to the hospital and admitted we had caught it in the first 24 hours. I finally was able to breath easy however the doctor said that she would probably get worse the next 5 days before she gets better and that it takes about 10 days before they are over it. She told us what to look for and when we really needed to be worried. They ordered us a medical grade nose sucker to use at home as often as she needed and gave us a prescription for the respiratory clinic at McKay Dee. She then looked at camden and told us he had a bad head cold and just rest and lots of fluid. SO home we went it is now sunday night and Hannah never got worse, but Camden however has had a fever as high as 102.5 :( so off to the doctor we go tomorrow he seems to be getting worse NOT better. All while this was going on i was beating myself up inside. All i could think of was this was my fault. It was my fault Hannah got RSV i could have been more careful, its my fault Camden has this really bad head cold. Then my husband pointed out to me that all the hand-washing, and hand sanitizer in the world can't stop those that take their kids to church, school, or play place when they are sick. That i can make sure Camden washes his hands before he touches baby sister and after he is done playing some where. As i thought about what my husband said it is true. If you think about it sometimes you just assume that people with say "Hey my kid has a runny nose, cough, or fever so i probably shouldn't take them to church, school, or out and about." but they don't and by the time you realize that their are kids sick it is too late to do anything about it. I'm not saying that every parent does it some just aren't aware that their child is that contagious and then their are some parents that simply don't care. So i hope that whoever reads this that has kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, take extra precautions, if you even suspect that your kid has a cold keep them home it is what is best not just for everyone they will come in contact with but it's best for them. And the sooner you catch RSV the better, don't put taking them to the doctor off the sooner you get them in there and figure out what is wrong the better. I am so thankful we were able to keep Hannah home with us and not have to have her admitted it is such a blessing. So everyone kids or no kids BE CAREFUL!!!  and those of you with kids don't think it can't happen to you because it can so beware of the signs.