RSV

wednesday i called the pediatrician to ask about bringing charlie in because he was breathing really fast and had a fever. he was breathing about 80 times a minute. when we got to the dr. they immediately did a RSV test and it came back positive. they did a blood test to check for infection and they did a chest xray to check for fluid in his lungs. both came back fine. i wanted to cry but knew that i had to stay strong (mainly for jack). then i had to give him a breathing treatment. jack was a perfect angel the whole time and was asking lots of questions to the nurse :) charlie was pretty pitiful there and cried a lot. poor buddy!

he wasn't nursing hardly at all so that meant that he wasn't wetting diapers. he went from midnight thursday until 10:45 the next morning without wetting a diaper. i got scared so i called the pediatrician to ask how concerned i should be about this and the nurse said to call back at 3:00 to let her know about how many he has wet. he only wet one, but she said that was fine. thank goodness...i did not want to go to the hospital with him to get fluids!

since then he has continued to be pretty pitiful and not sleeping really well. johnny and i have hardly slept in 5 nights! we are tired and very short tempered with jack and eachother. thursday and friday i gave him a breathing treatment every 4 hours. i have only done one today.

today:

i think he is getting better! his fever is gone and he seems happier. he is still fussy and not eating as well as he did before. he is still wheezy and coughing a lot, but i think he is getting better. (well atleast i hope so)

(i forgot to snap his shirt)



you can hear him wheezing :(