RSV

We went to the doctor last week and confirmed our suspicions, Quincy has RSV. That stands for Respiratory Syncytial Virus. In adults it is basically the common cold, but can be more serious in infants. RSV also can cause infection in the lower respiratory tract, such as pneumonia in the lung tissue and bronchiolitis inside the smallest airways (bronchioles) within the lungs. I think that we have bypassed the latter and more serious. Quincy is being a trooper. He is a little more fussy, but not terribly. You can tell that he feels badly though. I have a cold and so when he sort of whines and whimpers I just say, "i know". John and I both have taken showers with him, suctioned his nose, used a humidifier, and given him lots of extra love. We know that he got it from daycare because there was a sign on the door saying that one infant had it. What do you do? My friends who have kids in daycare say it is inevitable, Q will be sick over and over. I hate that but we don't have any other option. Maybe it will make him be really immune in the future.