Doctors visits part 5

Yes really. Part 5.

Less then a week after getting strep, we noticed that Liam had developed a bad sounding cough and was breathing a little more labored then usual. We chalked it up to the fact that a lot of people end up with cold-like symptoms following a bout of strep and decided to just keep an eye on it. A few days later, it had seemed like the cough was lessening, but after running around outside with daddy for only a few minutes, he was really struggling to breathe and had started wheezing. I immediately called his doctor and we took him in. His doctor checked him out, listened to him breath and ordered a few tests. They took his pulse ox and he was running around a 94. They swabbed him for RSV and then gave him a breathing treatment. Let me tell you, that was one of the most difficult things I've had to do. He hated the mask. He screamed and kicked and fought us with all his might. Thankfully the treatment worked and he went up to a 98. His test came back positive, so now, less then a week after having been diagnosed with strep throat, he has RSV.

After a few days of breathing treatments at home every 4-12 hrs, he's doing much much better! He's now back to himself and can run around like crazy and no longer be panting after. I'm so thankful that while his case wasn't mild (since he needed the treatments, not every child does), it wasn't severe enough to need hospitalization, like a few friends of ours. Now, over a week later, he's very much on the mend!