Sick Kid
I haven’t posted much in a few weeks—it seems like we’ve all been dealing with a string of colds and coughs that just. won’t. go. away. Davy has been the hardest hit—we finally took him into the doctor today and learned that the poor little guy has RSV, respiratory syncytial virus, and a piggyback ear infection. And possibly pneumonia. The doctor gave us antibiotics for the infection, which will likely knock out the pneumonia too if it’s there, but the only treatment for RSV is rest and lots of fluids. It’s one of those things that’s really mild in older kids and barely noticeable in adults, but can be quite serious for babies. So in a way I’m glad we’re dealing with this now, and not in a couple months when we’ll have a newborn in the house.
Davy hates the medicine, and hates us for forcing it on him, and hates the cough that wakes him up in the middle of the night, and hates not being able to go to school or have playdates with his friends, and generally is a very crabby two year old right now. Poor little tough guy.
January 30th, 2013 at 5:50 pm
Oog. I’m so sorry. (And so glad the RSV is happening now, like you said!) Yeesh. Winter with little kids is so tough.
January 30th, 2013 at 7:09 pm
Thank you for the sympathy! I’m glad we took Davy to the doctor — I had no idea about the ear infection.
January 31st, 2013 at 12:26 am
Awww, poor Davy, that sounds really nasty. :-/
Get well soon, all of you!
January 31st, 2013 at 7:42 am
Thank you!
January 31st, 2013 at 1:12 am
Oh, poor little guy! That sounds just miserable. Luke had a similar bad stretch with this as a toddler–it’s so heartbreaking to hear that cough. Hope he’s feeling 100% very soon!
January 31st, 2013 at 7:48 am
I know, the cough is really hard to hear. And he absolutely refuses hot water with honey or anything like that. Davy is…not the model patient, really.