Hello Everyone! I'm back, sooner than I'd like, with another 'Surviving' story, and this time I will be sharing how we survived RSV. RSV stands for respiratory syncytial virus and causes infections of the lungs and respiratory tract.

This one completely snuck up on us. Our daughter hadn't been in nursery school for more than ten days after getting over the Adenovirus before she was coughing and had a runny nose. Yep, that's exactly how it all started; just a few scarce coughs and a scant runny nose eventually landed her in the hospital. 

We were warned by her doctor that we should watch out for the RS virus, as her immune system took a big hit from Adeno, and RSV can actually be a lot more severe in infants, but we thought we'd had some time before we needed to worry about the next illness.

We thought we were home free, but after two days of just a small cough and runny nose, we took her to the doctors to rule out RS Virus, and we were quite pleased that the test came back negative. We went about our business for the rest of the day, with her being quite cheerful but then, around five in the evening, she awoke from her nap burning hot! We took her temperature, and it came back reading 40.5C!

We were in total shock and immediately called the medical help line. They advised us to go to the hospital and even called an ambulance for us. However, when we got to the emergency room, the doctor just did a basic exam and said, it's probably just a common cold, and if the fever doesn't subside in two days, come back.

I was pissed to say the least, but we took her home, gave her a fever reducer, and struggled with her through the night as her symptoms got worst.

By the morning, I was thinking it was Adenovirus again because the symptoms she was exhibiting were pretty similar. So, we took her to the doctor's again, where she was finally diagnosed with RS Virus.

The doctor prescribed her about four different medications and even a nebulizer. It has been hell getting her take all of the bitter meds, but she enjoys laying back and receiving the nebulizer treatments.

Her fever lasted about four days, so the doctor thought my daughter caught another bug at the same time. So, he told us to come back again and receive a blood test.

She slept horribly for a few more nights and then, when her fever dropped, she slept amazingly. I'm talking twelve hours straight over night and every one hour throughout the day. Other than that, however, she was so miserable and cranky. We basically couldn't sit her down when she was awake.

Due to the bad cough and mucus, she started vomiting up her meals, but we knew better this time and scaled back on the amount we fed her at once, and we also bought her a better mucus snatcher. 

On day seven, she finally smiled and her fever completely vanished. We still have to manage and monitor her cough since it is still really bad, and we have to make sure it doesn't turn into pneumonia or bronchitis, but we believe we are out of the thick of it! 

Her nursery school also sent out a message that 90% of the kids at daycare were out because of the RS Virus, so she most definitely caught it from daycare. I just hope her immunity is getting the boost that it needs because at this point she hasn't spent not one full week at nursery school yet and it has been 3 months!

She will return to day care when all symptoms have cleared though, especially the cough, and we will be getting her blood results later today. Let's pray it comes back normal!