Thursday, January 17, 2008

RSV

Poor Finn. Wednesday I decided to leave work early and track down Dr. Lei at a different client to find out what was wrong with my sweet baby. He was worse than the day before when the stupid Nurse Practitionor said "it's just a cough, it will go away".

Finn had lost 3 ounces since Tuesday and had a tempurature of 99.7. Finally the Pediatriction came and and looked in his ears.... double ear infection. Then listened to his chest (you don't even need to put your ear to it, you can hear him breathing from a foot away its so bad).

"I'm 99% sure he has RSV, I've seen 50 babies this week with it."

Great, I asked, "So did he have it yesterday when the other "doctor" saw him?" Dr. Lei said, "Oh Yeah".

I'm so mad, I hate to be a cheapskate, but I feel like getting my $20 from Tuesday. First off the guy said Finn was fine and that he was OK to go to Daycare. And because of idiots like this, Finn probably got RSV from another kid at Daycare.

So now he is on Amoxicillion for the ear infection, steriod to help him breath and 4 times a day, I have to use a Nebulizer on him. And he hates it!

He can't sleep and he can't take good naps because of his aweful cough, so he is just getting more and more tired and misrable.

I know everyone is used to seeing Finn smiling, but tomorrow I'll post some sad pictures of my baby.
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2 comments:

jonna said...

that is so sad. Our doctor told us to be really careful and keep her out of group settings until April! I thought that is too long, but maybe we should be more careful...so sorry. Glad you found out though. Good luck!

January 17, 2008 at 9:51 AM
LIttlemiss said...

I feel your pain Diania!! Holds had double ear infections for like 3 months straight when he was younger. They tried 4 different medications and none of them were working. It was such a nightmare. We later found out it was because he would drink his bottle while laying flat on his back. Once we stopped doing that it was like overnight it was all better (not saying that's the case with everyone, but it's always good to know) Good luck with everything though! It's always so hard having a sick bebe.

January 18, 2008 at 9:52 AM

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