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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our 4yo had it when she was 6 months old. We did have to take her into urgent care once, but ultimately it wasn't THAT bad.

We have a second child now that's 1yo and we're laying low as much as we can, but older DD is in preschool.[/quote]

My child had to have hernia surgery at 5 months and the child dc shared a room with at Fairfax had RSV. The idiots took so long to admit it was RSV I was lucky my kid didn't get it. The child was a preemie who had been discharged from the nicu and got sick. The parents didn't spend the night with their child had no clue how the nurses were ignoring what was going on. I knew from other moms to stay. Their child's breathing was horrible to listen to. They gave the child one breathing treatment and it didn't help. I stayed awake the whole night and called the nurses twice because of that child was getting worse. I also had to stop the nurses every time because they weren't changing gloves or washing hands when they came to check on my dc after working on the other child.

For those of you making light of what RSV can do to infants, talk to a picu nurse. They've seen children die from rsv. If you had been in the hospital that night with me to hear how this infant couldn't breathe, you'd be less cavalier about it. If it was nothing for your child, great. Premies lungs and airways often take a long time to develop outside of the nicu. Anyone who criticizes a mom for being serious about rsv is a jerk. But this is just like all the covid craziness, you only care about yourself and if if wasn't bad for your child, who cares about any other children.[/quote]

That is horrific. And what parent leaves a child alone in the hospital? [/quote]

Don't do that. You have no idea what was going on in that parent's life. Not everyone has the privilege to have childcare or unlimited work leave. [/quote]
 
I'm the poster above and agree. The parents thought their child was going to be fine when they left.  When I referred to idiots I was referring to the nurse who ignored the fact that the child was getting worse, did one breathing treatment and didn't show back up at regular intervals to check on the child.  The child was in distress and they ignored it and pretended like it was nothing. After I called the nurses the second time, they had a team in working on the child. My dh and I were so sleep deprived that I was planning to to leave my child to go home for 3 or 4 hours to sleep.  Other moms who had been through it told me not to leave. We all assumed the ped ward at the hospital was a great and safe place after experiencing how well run the nicu was.[/quote]

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