RSV and our hospital stay.

Emmett was diagnosed with RSV on Tuesday, March 12th. We were in Breckenridge on the annual family vacation and he started vomiting. We called the doctor's office and made an appointment for later that day, packed up and left the mountains. We had another appointment on Wednesday and again on Thursday. We didn't make it to Thursday's appointment. By 3am Emmett had vomited three of his feedings. We called the 24 hour triage line and the nurse told us to take him to the ER. He was quite dehydrated from eating less and regurgitating his feedings. They said he needed an IV and attempted to insert one. Nurses from the NICU and PICU tried and no one was able to push fluids without his veins collapsing. They stuck my poor baby seven times :(. We asked if we could try to feed him and he took a bit, then more, until they were confident enough to allow us to try to rehydrate him with breast milk. He was put on oxygen and monitored. I ran home (we live eight blocks from the hospital) one day and met a man in the elevator, Alan. I told him about Emmett and he told me that he was visiting a friend he has known for forty years. His friend was having a difficult surgery and would likely end up in hospice. He took me aside and prayed for Emmett. It was a very touching interaction, and I will be keeping Alan and his friend in my prayers. We stayed in the hospital for two nights. We were discharged with oxygen for Emmett on Saturday. Now that he is home things are going well. We took him to the doctor on Monday to follow up and his oxygen level was still hovering around 90 so the doctor decided to keep him on it for a while, which is pretty common for little ones with RSV. It's nice being home, although we do miss the lack of distractions and room service! I caught Emmett's bug so now mommy and baby are under the weather. Luckily for most adults, save for the elderly, RSV is no more than a head cold. Family and friends have signed up to bring us food on a meal calendar my mom created for us and so far everything has been delicious, and so immensely helpful. Thank you to everyone who gave us their thoughts and prayers. I'm pretty sure we're on the mend.

Feeling more alert in the hospital

Doing an Irish jig at home on St. Patrick's day