Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Gavin is sick!

So last Thursday, Gavin started getting a cold and cough. It got worse through the weekend and he was not sleeping well AT ALL! Because my nephew, Nathan, had just recently been hospitalized with RSV (he's home and doing good, by the way!) Dan and I watched him carefully so we could catch any symptoms. After 3 sleepless nights of Gavin coughing, crying, weezing every 5 minutes, I decided to take him into the doctor yesterday to have him checked. The doctor said he has RSV, but not too serious to hospitalize him ~ yet. So we're supposed to give him Benedryl, lots of fluids and a humidifier and watch for the other symptoms (fever of 104 or above, more weezing than he was and/or deeper stomache retractions). Well, last night, Dan and I got 7 1/2 full hours of sleep! Not one of the kids woke up (well, if they did, we didn't hear them!). Gavin perked up a little more today. So hopefully we're almost out of the woods. Lindsay and Zane both have colds and Lindsay has a cough. So we're just staying home all week to get better. We have a trip coming up next week and we want to be healthy! Cross your fingers!

5 comments:

Ruuddudes said...

Isn't it terrible when your kids are hurting? 4 of my 5 were sick all week... & I left to Utah to get out of the weather! Tony had to deal with it all by himself! :) I think he appreciates mothers more than he used to... hee hee

MikeG Family said...

Oh RSV is so scary! I'm glad both kids seem to be doing better. Have fun on your trip! I look forward to the post afterwards! :)

The Skousens said...

Goodness...your kids just don't have good luck with getting sick! That's scary that Gavin has RSV, I hope that it doesn't get any worse. Hopefully all of them get better before the trip...that would be miserable otherwise!

Amy said...

When I took Benjamin in to the Dr's, she said the hospital was pretty full of RSV patients. I'm glad Gavin didn't get it worse and that he and you nephew are getting better. It was great to see you the other day. You are such a fun family. Have a great trip!

NYCmom said...

I'm so sorry Gavin got sick too! I'm glad it wasn't as bad as Nathan's case. I hope everyone is feeling better. I'm going to make up a post as soon as life slows down (ok--that will never happen, but maybe after the kids go to bed), but Jake is going to take the California bar and we're hoping to find a job in the San Francisco area. Check our blog for all the details! xoxo