You can't tell by looking at this picture, but our little girl is sick. I got lucky and caught the one smile I've seen today on camera with the help of her daddy - they say laughter is the best medicine. She started coughing late yesterday afternoon but we figured it was just the weather. It was much worse when she woke up this morning. Worse as in our sweet baby sounded like she had the smoker's cough of an 80 year old woman. She didn't want to play, she just wanted to be held. She also had the saddest continual cry. It made me think about how I feel when I'm sick in bed with the flu. I called the pediatrician who said to bring her on in. Eva tested positive for RSV.I know that all kids get sick but it's so sad when it's your baby and it's the first time. I know she will get better. I guess all I can do is make her comfortable and give her a big dose of love. So for the next couple of days we are staying home so that we don't infect other babies since RSV is super contagious.
On a side note, Eva is 20 weeks old today! 20 weeks ago I was in labor.... 20 weeks before that was the exact day we found out she was a girl... 20 weeks before that was the first day of my pregnancy.
aw I'm so sorry to hear that she has RSV!!
ReplyDeleteMy little guy was sick this week too and I called the doctor and said that if his appetite changed to bring him in because last week they had 6 cases of RSV. Thankfully he got better the next day so I'm assuming doesn't have RSV - but I had a "sick baby" post too (http://myeverydayadventure.com/?p=151)! I'm sorry she's sick, but it is kind of nice to take a break from all the hously duties and just hold, rock and cuddle our babies :-)
Sick babies are so not fun. Meli had RSV when she was just a bit older than our babies. So sad!
ReplyDelete