Monday, February 7, 2011

olivia vs rsv - round 4

last night olivia had so much fun at the super bowl party we attended. this morning she woke up with almost 102 fever and a slight semi-nasty cough. no big deal, right? under any other circumstances i wouldn't have even thought about calling the dr. i'm one to wait it out. can't help it; it's the way i do things. however, given her history a cough scares me so i went ahead and got an appt for 11am this morning. we got called back about 11:40 and she had no fever or cough. shocker. saw dr about 12 and as he listened to her breathing made the comment that she was wheezing. WHAT?!?! i didn't hear any wheezing. he did a flu and rsv swab and said it was probably the flu. he's seeing it 10-1 vs rsv these days. a few minutes later it was confirmed she has relapsed with rsv. i was so mad! he didn't even have to tell me what to do. we got the scrip for the steriod and i immediately called in her refill of xopanex. i asked about the shot for next year and he said there was no way insurance would approve it. it's a set of 6 injections at $1,800 a pop. gee, is it made of diamonds and gold? the good news is we seem to have caught it early. she's playing, laughing, no outward signs of trouble, etc. my mom took her to winnsboro this afternoon so i could continue to work. it SUCKS shipping your sick (albiet still happy) child away so you can go to work. SUCKS. i almost cried as they drove away and i drove to work this afternoon. unfortunately i'm the only one in this household who brings home a paycheck so missing too much isn't an option. guess i'll just suck it up. :) pitty party for 1 please. the good news is she appears to be having a great time at gg and pops house. she escaped out the doggy door earlier but was sure to take her scarf with her! guess she knew it was cold out! we'd appreciate the prayers so she can hopefully come home on wednesday and return to daycare on thursday!

6 comments:

  1. You may rightfully so have a pity party. Saying prayers for you Jessie.

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  2. Oh, Jessie, I'm so sorry to hear that. Bless her heart - I can't believe she's gotten this four times. Once is bad enough! I'm saying a prayer for her and for you too! Hang in there. You are doing an amazing job!!

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  3. I hate that for poor O. You would have NEVER known on Sunday that she was coming down with RSV. You're an expert in caring for that now

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  4. Goodness! Hopefully this will be the LAST time she gets it. I'm sure GG and Pops HATE spending so much time with their only grandchild. :) Feel better soon, O!

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  5. jessie, i'm so sorry to hear about olivia...boo! :( hopefully she will recover quickly since it was caught so early. i'm getting ready to make my blog by invite only, so please email me your email address: emcaston@yahoo.com

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  6. I'm so sorry!!!
    Oh and the rsv shot series is next to impossible to get. With trigger being a preemie, the nicu and our ped wanted him to get it during his first rsv season...insurance denied even though he met all but one of the criteria vour ped even wrote a letter asking them to reconsider but they wouldnt. Therefore, trigger spent the first 8 months of life with his grandmothers or me and Matt!!! I guess it worked. He never got it. Praise the Lord! And now I guess he's past the age of it being a problem bc our ped said it would just present as a cold now!!! Sooooo....if that's true, Next year should be alot easier on you and o!!!!!

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