Bronchiolitis in 1 week old :( any experiences?

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Ds is 10 days old we're in childrens admissions he's being monitored. He's feeding well seems quite settled. Dr clming back later say we should stay or can go but reading online it seems for babies very young a week stay in hosp would be normal?
I've got a toddler as well so will organise for her to have Xmas with my family.
Poor ds :(

Thanks all, got into a little room on a ward now he's sleeping for now. I still feel sick with stress but going to try and get some rest as they are doing obs every 2 hours so will be awake for them to feed him after.

Sympathies. Bronchiolitis is awful in any child and particularly stressful in the very small.

Note that most of what you will read about "typical" bronchiolitis applies to RSV positive bronchiolitis - the younger the infant the greater the range of other viruses that produce a bronchiolitic illness but the course and recovery time will vary. RSV bronchiolitis in such a newborn can actually have a milder course than a slightly older infant because they still have more antibody cover from you. That will apply to an extent to other causes.

Very best wishes for improvements, but yes, in very little ones like yours no-one likes to take chances.

Thank you.
I'm just a wimp I can't do this, I need to calm down and I'm in floods of tears again. I want my baby home and healthy. This is so hard.

You can do it, it's bloody hard but you can. Make sure you are eating, drinking and sleeping as much as possible.

How is he this morning?

My ds was in recently (@7 weeks - he's now 9 weeks) definitely stay in - depending on where he is in the illness he could go down hill quickly (day 4,5&6 are meant to be the worst days). My ds required oxygen over night and Ng feeding. Hope he gets out soon its such a horrible illness. Also expect it to last about 3 weeks after you get out. My ds still has a horrible cough xx

Are you on a ward or in a room on your own? We started in a room on our own and I found that to be particularly difficult once we moved to a ward with children and parents in,a similar situation it got a bit easier xx

Also if you're bf you get fed by the nhs so you don't have to fork out for bloody expensive food x

Poor you I was in hospital with ds when he was just two days old, I felt horrendous, so stressed and upset and guilty because my two dd's were at home. In the end dh brought them in a lot and I played with them in the hospital playroom lots and it was nice to have that time with them. You could postpone christmas, write her a letter from father christmas that he'llmake an extra special trip to your house because her brother has been ill? Hang in there ((hugs))

Thank you all. I just wish I was stronger for ds. I'm a hormonal mess. He only started making raspy breathing early Sunday morn so we're not at the worse yet.
I need to be here with baby but I miss my dd so much I've hardly seen her in weeks properly- I had high bp, then was in hosp again to be induced and after birth for more checks so you'd think I'd be used to hosp by now.
Seeing my tiny ds with the breathing tubes up his nose is awful. His eyes are really red now too he looks poorly today.

Can you pump and swap with your husband for a few hours?

It is horrible but he will be fine, my son had a really bad case but he fought it, they are amazingly resilient.

Make sure you ask questions, the staff are there to help you aswell as him.

Feeding is a great sign... Generally it's the dehydration and then they become tired from coughing so don't want to suckle and things go down quickly.
Not all kiddies are the same .... I'd see how he is today and see what the paed says. They would not want a very poorly 2 week old to go home if they thought parents wouldn't manage.
They will also give you open access so if baby deteriorates the can straight to the ward!
Hope you are home soon and snuggling with your babies.
We spent most of the first 15 months of our DS life in and out of hospital 2 weeks in 1 week out etc etc.its tough and the food is shit?!! You can live on the sandwiches though!!! X

my son had it at 4 weeks, and had HiB at the same time - he was very very ill, blue lighted up to London, PICU, ventilator - the whole nine yards.

It was a terrifying time for us. He was in on Christmas day, and I spent Christmas eve at home with my then 6 and 3 year old. Did the whole Christmas Morning thing, and then went back up to LOndon at 10am.

That said, Christmas Day is the best day of the year for me, because on Christmas late afternoon, they took him off the ventilator - I had never felt such joy, and that cuddle, without all the pipes and vents - just the best cuddle ever. I cried and snotted all over him, while laughing.

We were told, like others here, that it takes 5-6 days to get through, and that 1 in 1000 will require some help and 10 of those will require the support that DS needed. When they start to recover, they "bounce" back - from being quite literally at death's door on 23rd, he was off the ventilator on 25th and home on the 27th!

(he is a strapping 13 year old now, no lasting effects, no asthma...)

My dd had rsv bronchiolitis when six weeks old but she was six weeks premature so equivalent of newborn. It was very stressful and I can empathise completely. She improved after a week or so but spent 4 nights in hospital in an oxygen box. They thought she has whooping cough but it wasn't. Hope your ds is better soon x

Thanks everyone- just seen dr we'll be in another 3 days at least. She said he's feeding well but doesn't want him to get tired so may start feeding through a tube in throat today or Tomo so I will need to express milk to give him.

Hugs. My DD2 went in at 5 weeks and it was really, really scary. She was so tiny and had so many wires and tubes connected to her. Were in hospital for 2 nights. Luckily my MIL came and stayed with DD1 so that I could stay with DD2 and DH could ferry between the hospital and home as needed without worrying about DD1.

One thing I will say is that the NHS are brilliant when you really need them. I called our surgery at 4pm because I was worried about her (I'd seen the GP that morning and was told to call if I was worried). The receptionist could hear her breathing and grabbed the GP between appointments to talk to me. He told me to bring her in, which I did and we jumped the queue as he saw us as soon as the patient that was with him when we arrived came out. He decided that we needed to go in to the hospital and called the admissions team on Children's Ward to let them know we were coming. I was seen by a junior doctor immediately on arrival and by 6pm we were admitted onto the ward and we'd been seen by the consultant! The GP called me the next day to see how we were doing too.

4 years later she is a happy bouncy 4 year old with nothing left to let you know how badly she scared her mum and dad. She smiled at me for the first time when we were in hospital and that was how I knew that she was getting better. I really treasure that memory.

Welling up at some of these posts- thank you all for advice and sharing your experiences.
I feel slighty more composed now dh had been down with coffee and I've had lunch and shower. Baby is pretty much the same but he's had a good sleep this afternoon after a big feed.

Helena I meant to say thank you upthread for your offer x

I'm so sorry but you are in the right place and you a will look back at all of this as a bad dream one day.

Glad he's still feeding well.

The fact he is feeding well is fantastic. Is he still on oxygen?

Yes Sirzy he was on the 'lowest' amount (if that's the right phrasing?) but when he woke up from his nap his breathing rate went from. Early to mid 90's to low 80's so they turned it up.

I'm struggling again Ive barely got through the last 24 hours how I'm going to get through the next few days I don't know. Childrens wards are just torture listening to poorly children crying for their mums this is breaking my Heart even more :(

It's dreadful, I know. You'll be strong for your children. X

It is awful seeing them so poorly. DS2 was in & out of hospital with respiratory infections for the first year of his life. You must eat properly, get your DH to maybe brings food from home for you to heat up in the parent kitchen? Make sure you're drinking plenty as well. These sound so obvious I know but I would realise at 3pm that I hadn't had a drink all day.
I really feel for you, all of those hormones flying around your body too. Wishing your DS a speedy recovery.

Hugs from me. DD was admitted at 10 days old, and when we left 10 days later she was completely recovered. She turns 12 next month, and hasn't had a single day's illness since touch wood.

It was a scary time though. DH was at home with our older DC, and I only left the hospital once, for an hour. I think it's worse when you are also recovering from the birth, hormones, having to express etc and missing home and the other DC. But you are in the best place. Look after yourself, DS sounds like a fighter