5 Months Old and RSV!

Today is Natalie's 5 month birthday!  However, today was not the best day for little miss Natalie.  She has had a pretty nasty cough for the last couple of days and hasn't been sleeping well at night at all.  If you know Natalie, then you know something is wrong if she isn't sleeping well!  Also, she coughed so much and so hard last night that she threw up carrots all over Derek at about 3 am.  Yuck!  So I called the pediatrician hoping they would call in some medicine to at least help her sleep better at night.  But, of course they wanted to see her in person.  So I brought her in this afternoon.  The doctor listened to her lungs and heard some major wheezing going on.  He then decided to do a test for RSV (a nasty respiratory virus, for those who aren't familiar) -- just a nasal swab -- and the test came back positive for RSV.  So now my life is full of breathing treatments (every 4-6 hours) with 2 types of medication.  Natalie actually does pretty well with them...she is getting used to the mask I think.  I'll be sure to take some pictures in the next few days of her getting her breathing treatment!  Hopefully these will help her expel any nastiness in her lungs and sleep a little better at night.  She is supposed to do these breathing treatments for about a week and can't go back to day care until Monday!  Thank goodness Nanny is able to come and keep her!