Comments on: Preemie Awareness Day and RSV https://www.mamasmiles.com/preemie-awareness-day-and-rsv/ Education, Parenting, Crafts and Family Travel Mon, 03 Jun 2019 15:55:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: MaryAnne https://www.mamasmiles.com/preemie-awareness-day-and-rsv/#comment-51764 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 19:08:32 +0000 https://www.mamasmiles.com/?p=4828#comment-51764 In reply to Breanna.

How terrifying! I’m glad your children were all okay in the end. I hope they can all stay healthy now!

]]> By: Breanna https://www.mamasmiles.com/preemie-awareness-day-and-rsv/#comment-51756 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:30:09 +0000 https://www.mamasmiles.com/?p=4828#comment-51756 My oldest daughter was born at 32 weeks via c section due to my severe preeclampsia. She was a mere 2 lbs 6 oz and spent the first two months of her life in the NICU. We were very lucky, other than her tiny size she was pretty healthy and only needed room air to help her breath, and was fed by a feeding tube until she learned how to suck and swallow. She is now 8, very smart and you never know she had such a rough start. My youngest daughter, 21 months now, has had a very rough year. She had gotten sick with a high fever and bad cough. I had taken her to the ER and literally a minute after I checked her in, she had a febrile seizure. It was by far the scariest thing I have ever dealt with. They rushed her back and laid her on the table, as she convulsed, her eyes stared blankly at the roof filled with tears,she was moaning. Of course I was balling my eyes out. It was only a couple of minutes, but it seemed like forever. Testing concluded that she had pneumonia, they sent her home with antibiotics. A month later she became ill again,same symptoms. I took her in again, turns out that both her and my son (2 1/2 at the time) had contracted RSV. It took them a little over a month with antibiotics, fever reducers, and breathing treatments every three hours before they got better. RSV is one of the worse illnessesfor any child to have. My oldest daughter being a preemie was given a RSV preventative shot until she was three. They should make it available for all children. I hope we never have to go through that again.

]]> By: MaryAnne https://www.mamasmiles.com/preemie-awareness-day-and-rsv/#comment-39154 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:22:53 +0000 https://www.mamasmiles.com/?p=4828#comment-39154 In reply to Jen.

I’m sorry your daughter is still having complications from this. RSV is on my mind this week, because my four-month-old nephew just got it. Such a tough disease for little ones.

]]> By: Jen https://www.mamasmiles.com/preemie-awareness-day-and-rsv/#comment-39147 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:57:13 +0000 https://www.mamasmiles.com/?p=4828#comment-39147 What a great post! My 3rd daughter was full term but came down with RSV at a month old. She ended up spending 5 days in the PICU. It was a heart breaking week and scary week for my family.
Even now (at the age of almost 3) she’s still prone to having common colds turn into respiratory illness for her. Thank you for sharing this information.

]]> By: Elisa | blissfulE https://www.mamasmiles.com/preemie-awareness-day-and-rsv/#comment-35431 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:28:47 +0000 https://www.mamasmiles.com/?p=4828#comment-35431 RSV is one of the reasons I enjoy a babymoon with my newly born babies and very limited visitors for their first weeks.

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