Hoping for a little less of this and a little less of that

Alexander's night last night was a long one, consisting of him coughing almost every hour and requiring an increase to 1 liter of oxygen to keep his sats within the acceptable level. This morning Alexander was struggling to breath and coughing quite a bit that the nurses increased his oxygen to 2.5 liters!

His cough is no longer congested and now a dry cough with the constant tickle in his throat is present. His fever seems to be hanging out as well. I don't believe I mentioned before but in order for Alexander to be discharged, he needs to be weened from the oxygen, tolerate the foods he eats, and stay hydrated. None of these have been that great, so it's looking like he will be here through the weekend. For any of you that want to stop by and visit, I'd advise you to not if you have a kiddo. As much as we love having visitors, we would hate to pass the virus on to you and your kiddo ends up with it. RSV is a nasty virus and I've learned that adults can get it and not know it. The virus isn't as harsh as how the virus attacks kids. In fact, it looks like a regular cough.

Even though Alexander is requiring more oxygen, he's still the same kiddo wanting to get up and go. However, once he does start moving, he starts coughing and struggling to breath. Today consisted of keeping him happy, which was difficult at times when you're stuck in the same room all day (Alexander is in isolation) but we did okay. :) Luckily a few activities were brought to us to help me keep him happy.

Alexander seems to be feeling better and we are hoping the night goes better too. We are really hoping that tomorrow will consist of less coughing, no more fevers, a good appetite and that Alexander can begin to ween down on the oxygen. Thanks for following along our journey. We are really hoping the rest of 2015 is hospital-stay free!