FEBRUARY 7, 2007

We can't kick the RSV!

Quinn got very sick Monday breathing very quickly and battling a high fever. He spent the night there and then the doctor said he was able to go the home next day. He was happy and smiley and doing well for much of the day.

Then that evening, he started breathing fast again and again got a fever. We called our doctor's office, and they told us we had to go back to the hospital. This time, Tim had to take him to the ER. He waited for a long time and then was checked back into Pediatrics. His oxygen saturation was dipping pretty low, so the poor tiny man had to go on oxygen. They monitor the oxygen in his blood through this crazy light on his toe. It looks very E.T.-like. I guess it is some sort of laser? He is still having a hard time. A chest x-ray just shows bronchiolitis not pneumonia, so I guess that is good news. It sounds like it is something you have to wait out, and you just have to stay in the hospital so they can make sure he is getting enough oxygen at all times. A monitor beeps loudly if his oxygen drops below 90% or his heart rate gets above 200.

I have been researching RSV and apparently almost all babies get it before they turn two. In most children it is nothing more than a cold, but in some it develops into something more serious. Quinn is one of the unlucky ones. He has had a hard start in life, poor little guy! We are so comfortable at the hospital now. It is unfortunately like a second home since we have been there so much. 

Tim and I are splitting work. It is a bit grueling. I had to fine someone to emcee an event at the last minute Tuesday, and I slept in my yoga clothes, so I could just zip off to teach class Wednesday morning. Tim and I are pretty wiped out. The first night we had to share a tiny, bumpy cot. Our new room however is pretty big and has two beds. Quite the lap of luxury. We brought some of Quinner's favorite books and toys in today to try to cheer him up.

Thank you for your good wishes. Hopefully, we will bust out of the joint for good tomorrow! We'll keep you updated.

--JSC