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RSV can be miserable, the younger they are or if they are in a "high risk" category (i.e. premature birth or other medical conditions) the worse it is. My 3 yo had a nasty case of it when he was 6 weeks old and was in the hospital for almost 2 weeks. If your FD is close to 2ish years old and not in a high risk group it hopefully won't get too much worse. Usually at that age its doesn't get much worse than cold like symptoms. Watch for wheezing in both children and take them in if they start wheezing, you can look at there chest when they breathe and if it looks like it sucks into their ribs when they breathe thats a sign of wheezing, also if their nostrils are flaring and you can listen to their back and see if you hear rattling. If they cough a lot and can't catch their breath thats another sign of struggling to breath. I hope that nobody gets worse!
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Alysia, mommy to:
"Daniel", 4 (5/04)
"Michael", 3 (1/06)
and
"Claire", 1.5 (8/07)
* Mostly lurking while DH and I are waiting patiently for the right time to open our home to foster children...*
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