My poor sick buddy

Two weeks ago, I picked up my 10-month old son Finn from day care & they told me he had a fever. He was obviously very fussy & upset that night, didn't eat much & really didn't sleep. During the daytime over the weekend, he seemed to be okay, but at night, he wheezed & coughed & had trouble sleeping.

Finally we took him to InstaCare on Sunday. The Doc checked him out & said he looked fine & sent us home with some other meds for his childhood asthma (reactionary airway disease).
Well, after two more sleepless nights, Finn was really struggling to breathe - so we called our pediatrician & the nurse told us that if he was having a hard time breathing to bring him immediately to Primary Children's Hospital.

They immediately identified that Finn had RSV, which is really bad with a little guy who also has asthma. Well, I don't want to go over all of the horrible details, but pictures tell the story:

The good news is, the little rascal is back to normal, & as happy and funny as ever.

In all, seven kiddos in the infant class at day care came down with RSV. One baby has been on a respirator & is still in the hospital. It just goes to show how quickly things can go bad. We feel lucky to have the good health care we have today.

By-the-way, our home thermometer doesn't work at all. For the entire weekend, it said Finn never had a fever!