Hi,
My baby had RSV and I spent a week in hospital with her. We got home Christmas eve and she's a lot better now but not her usual self yet.
We had to change our Christmas plans because of the hospital stay so weren't expecting to be at home, we were supposed to be staying with family.
I feel like the enormity of the last week is only just sinking in. While she was in hospital I was more stressed about small things like deodorant or being told off by a nurse. I guess the fact she was seriously ill was too big to process and it's only sinking in now.
I did find it traumatic seeing her connected up to monitors. She had a tube just below her nose to help her breathe and she just kept constantly pulling it out and I kept putting it back in. Often when I picked her up to comfort her or feed her it would set off an alarm.
The experience was really different for my husband as he was at home with our toddler on his own. He wanted to swap with me but I'm breastfeeding and it wasn't feasible. We've been quite snappy as we're exhausted.
Has anyone else been in this situation where you just feel a bit all over the place after being in hospital with a child? I just cried on the phone to Mamas and Papas customer care as they sent the wrong parcel.
It's great we got out on Christmas Eve but equally it meant we had all the pressure of unexpectedly pulling Christmas Day out of our arses when we were exhausted.
I also know other children are more ill and we're lucky it wasn't worse. The staff at the hospital were generally pretty great so not much to complain about there. There was the odd thing I think that could've been done better.