Ellie and RSV

well, on the 17th i took ellie to the ER after the day before i took her to the peds office where she tested + for RSV. thursday morning, she just was doing terrible, even after the med and breathing treatments. tyler had to go to work, and i was just left here at home with this really sick baby, and living so far for the hospital, i just had to make that decision. so, i called sanette and dropped callie off within about 30 minutes. i put ellie in the front seat, becuase i was so scared she would stop breathing in the back and i wouldn't know.
it was a blessing that i walked right in the ER, with no wait! they admitted me pretty much right away. her pulse ox was in the 70's, which is scary for a baby. i just knew with RSV that babies go from ok, to not, fast. i remember with callie! i thought, hey! she's going to be better! to oh my gosh scary not ok in minutes.
so, we got admitted. and then we were there for 5 days basically with just supportive care for her. on day 3, she got worse, and with a chest xray we found out that the rsv had turned into pnemonia. we stayed until she was on room air and could maintain 89 or above for 12 hours. it was a long 5 days. the longest that i have ever been away from callie. i cried alot. i wanted ellie to be better, she would rip that oxygen out. she knew it was annoying and she would get her little hands up there and rip it out!
having to hold your screaming baby down while attempting an iv 4x is something that is just horrible. and i am so thankful to have realitivly healthy kids!!
i will say though, i did get 5 uninteruppted days to hold and snuggle ellie. her being the third.. well life has been a little crazy! and i find myself most days feeling really, pulled in a million directions. and it can be hard to just SIT and hold her. and soak in her baby days. so i am grateful for that. :)

anyways, that's that. she started doing really lots lots better after a few days on the antibiotics. i hope that i never have an rsv baby agian!!