Rsv - Tampa,FL

My daughter had that when she will a baby too, we got a nebulizer. she hated it at first, but was asleep due to teh sound after each one. So funny. we had to use it for a few weeks, and never again.

If the ped. states it's a mild case, then you should probably believe the ped. Just keep an eye and ear on her breathing and call the ped. if her breathing becomes labored or difficult. Years ago, when RSV first appeared on the scene my youngest was 5 months old during the cold/flu season in February. I took him to the ped. because the "cold" wasn't acting like a typical "cold" and my son was clingly, wanting to be held all the time, troubled breathing. The ped. sent us to the ER pronto. He was diagnosised w/RSV and admitted to the hospital for 11 days, 8 of those being in PICU. I won't tell you the whole story because it might be scary to see all the details. Just keep an eye and ear on the breathing that is the most important thing. I'm sure your daughter will fight the mild case of RSV without any complications. Best to all.
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m son had Mild RSV at six weeks. He was given albuteral, but thankfully was never hositalized. You have caught it early and if you are dligent about the treatment, you can keep her out of the hospital. I will tell you that he is five years old now, and has always been xtremely suseptable to ear infections and has been diagnosed with asthma, which my pediatrician says is not uncomom after RSV in infancy.

My daughter had a mild case of it when she was 3 mths old. All we had to do was simply saline to help clear out her nose & the aspirator. Also gave her tylenol as needed. She doesn't seem to have lasting effects. Rare occurance but it does happen.

My 7 month old has had it for 3 weeks. He has now developed an ear infection as well. Our Pedi gave us an albuterol inhaler and we use that every 4-6 hours and push fluids. It is exhausting - good luck.

My son had it when he was 6 months old. He wasn't really sick ever before that. We got it from traveling on an airplane. :( After that he ended up with having asthma attacks every time he got sick, had MANY ear infections and so on. Eventually it went away altogether but it takes a long time. RSV season was huge this year. I hope your little one gets better soon!

My 6 month old caught it last month from another baby whose ped told them it was an 'allergy" reaction to baby food...so I let my baby be near him and he got sick! All you can do is treat it like a common cold...tyleonol for comfort, humidifier in her room, etc. Suck out her nose too! I wasn't concerned for my son until he started wheezing and had to go to the ER..they gave breathing treatments and it started again the following day. The Pediatrician there gave him albuturol (inhaler) that had a tiny mask I could use to give him the medicine...did that a few times a day and eventually I was given the ok to stop. So just treat it like you would a cold, unless she starts wheezing or having difficulty breathing...then go to the doctor and ask for the inhaler! It took about 3 weeks from when he started showing symptoms to being out of his system. Good luck!

Did your doctor test for RSV? My daughter (13 months next week) just got over rsv about 2.5 weeks ago. I took her in for a cough that was just getting worse and keeping her up at night. Since it was rsv season my ped wanted to play it safe and sent her to the hospital for the test, which came back positive. My ped gave us meds for her ear infections and albuterol for her cough/breathing and to help get the gunk out of her lungs. Just be sure to keep her nose sucked out and give her plenty of fluids and lovins and use the albuterol (if you were given any) ever 4-6 hours until your told to stop. And be sure you take her in if her breathing gets any worse. My daughter was a real trooper when she had it, wouldn't even know she had nothing more than just a lil cold.
Hope she gets feeling better soon and good luck!

Both my kids have had it and had to use nebulizers. Just like the other previous posts, it is exhausting but necessary. Also using the humidifier and sucking out the nose. Other than that, there really is nothing you can do except TLC and baby tylenol.

My daughter also had it about a month and a half ago, I took her to the ped for her cold and he admitted her to hospital saying she was going to get tired quickly without intervention, we initially thought it to be bronchitis but when they did the RSV test in hospital it came back positive.
As mentioned, lots of fluids, the aspirator for the nose and keep a close eye on the chest congestion and don't hesitate to follow up if you find it worsening.
This is a HIGHLY contagious virus for I believe 5 days or so, the nurses when coming into my daughters hospital room had to gown, mask and glove to avoid spreading it to other children.
Good luck to you and I hope it passes without further complications!