to ask for positive rsv hospitalization stories.

[honeytea]

I know this is not the right place but I thought it was the place with the best chance of some answers at 2 in the morning.

My ds (5 weeks old) has been taken into hospital and diagnosed with ds virus :(

I am so unbelievably worried they rushed us from one childrens hospital to the bog one in an ambulance, he is doing ok, but all I have heard about rsv are negative things.

I am so worried he is going to die.

Does anyone know any positive rsv outcomes after a baby has been taken into hospital?

He will be fine, thankfully it sounds like his case although a bad one isn't seriously bad (if that makes sense)

My DS had a severe case of RSV at 8 weeks, he ended up in HDU on CPAP and completly nil by mouth for 5 days. However he is now a healthy happy 3 year old, he does have asthma which may or may not be linked but that's the only left over issue from it even when he was so poorly.

Hope your home soon x

5 days of oxygen, neb, tube feeding with DD at 4 months. She got better very quickly though. Still prone to chest infections, but nothing wrong with her lung function or capacity given how loudly she can bellow when she's cross with me.

Glad he's getting better Op. What a great job you've done feeding him and getting him the help when he needed it. Take a minute to know you're a great mum and your ds is a very lucky young man.

Sorry to hear about your son, glad he seems to be getting better now.

My DS1 was 16 weeks premature and had RSV several times. He was on oxygen anyway and usually just needed a bit more oxygen until he got better. The main problem with little babies is feeding - if they stop drinking milk they will get dehydrated and that is why the doctors like to keep them in hospital, and why they are asking you to weigh him before and after feeds. Breathing is usually okay (even if it looks really bad), they can desaturate down a long way before it is a problem (We don't even go to hospital until DS1 is below 92%). It always looks worse than it is.

I hope he recovers fast and you get home soon in the meantime try not to worry and take care.

Pleased to hear he's on the mend. How are you doing though? Have you been able to get any family support?

X post. That's great honey tea.
Really pleased for you all

hello there ds2 was rushed into hospital 2 months ago, he was 14 weeks old, with rsv. the trip in the ambulance and the first day in hdu were utterly terrifying. he spent 2 days in hdu then 2 on a ward before being discharged. i found as soon as he got back on the boob feeding he turned a corner and got loads better. the whole ward was full of rsv babies and they all did fine. he's asleep on mylap now looking all chubby and rosy cheeked. please make sure you take care of yourself and get as much rest, fluids and food as poss as its very tiring - sleep went awful for weeks after. good luck!

My DD was diagnosed as being rsv positive when she had just turned 2. She has multiple disabilities from birth, is extremely prone to chest infections and immuno compromised and she survived rsv without hospitalisation (much to the GPs disgust, as he sent her in and they sent her home again! - but that's another story!)
I have spent more nights than I would care to count on childrens wards with DD over the years and at a certain time of the winter there is always a bay dedicated to babies with rsv. As others have said, most just need a bit of oxygen and sometimes help with feeding whilsts they get over it.
I'm sure your DS will be fine OP

So many lovely outcomes, I'm so pleased to hear how well your children are :)

Ds is still on his oxygen, they have turned it down bit by bit and he has been really stable with levels of 98/99 he is still on oxygen I'm not sure how much longer he will need it. He gets occasional episodes where he gets a blockage and he sounds wheezy and like he can't breath and his little chest and tummy work so hard for him to breath.

We were supposed to see a Dr about exercisers we can do to help get the slime up but they didn't have time to come and see us so if anyone remembers any tips I'd love to hear them, he's only 5 weeks but he has complete head control so upright positions might work, at the moment we are just making it up.

The ward is jam packed, the drs don't come to see us and the nurses don't come very often, one nurse said to me it's a good sign, if we don't get lots of attention it means they are not worried about us.

They are right, but at the same time if you have any worries or questions don't hesitate to ask them.

My little girl had it a few years ago, she was in overnight and discharged the next day. It is horrible to watch but your ds will be fine.xx

Honeytea - glad to hear your DS is doing better. It's so horrible watching them struggle to feed & breathe but they do get better and often it is incredibly quickly once they are on the mend.

The exercises you are talking about are probably these - a form of physio called percussion BUT I would wait for the Drs to show you how/when to do it. Nothing wrong with familiarising yourself with what you might be doing before you have to do it IYSWIM.

I think I am the patient the nurses giggle about, it is so hard to know when I need their help, my instincts say ds is in trouble when he's wheezing and his tummy and chest are working hard but I don't think there is anything they can do apart from give him oxygen till he gets better himself.

Hi OP,

Hope your little one is doing OK.

As you have realised by now, the entire ward is probably full of babies and toddlers with RSV tonight! And the GPs surgeries are full of them too - it's the same every year!

Most babies just stay in a night or two to get over the worst of it and are then sent home, vastly improved, with shell-shocked and sleepless parents.

I worked on a paeds ward for a year and can't remember an otherwise healthy baby who didn't get totally better from it.

And DS also had it when he was 11 months and its much more scary as a parent than a member of staff but has been fine for the 12 years that have followed. x

Your baby will be fine :) Oxygen levels will vary depending on the level of mucus, so when they manage to cough out a big chunk of mucus, oxygen level will rise immediately. And perfectly healthy adults will have 98-99 oxygen levels, 100 is almost never seen! Small babies with rsv are kept in hospital just to keep an eye on them because they are so small and things can move quickly with them and more importantly to prevent dehydratation because they struggle to feed properly. RSV bronchiolitis is mainly a mechanical problem with their tiny little airways being blocked by mucus. There's really nothing to worry about. I know it's hard not to worry, but many winter babies cactch it early on, and around 90% of children by the age of 2.

We were allowed to skip weighing ds at night, he feeds constantly so she said he is clearly getting enough and we didn't have to weigh him.

The nurses recommended I co sleep with ds, they have sides on the adult beds so yiu can "safely" co sleep, there were gaps the size of ds's head and his oxygen tube was a stranglation risk. I blocked the gaps wealth a coatl and placed ds's tube out of the way, co sleeping is so cosy I don't co sleep I'm too afraid ti do it at home but Decided Tyler wasn't a high suffocation risk because mlhis oxygen goes directlbinto his,

If feeding well he is doing brilliantly, mine was on a ventilator for eight days - underlying health condition - he is a hale and hearty three year old now. Your baby will be fine x