Down for the count

What we thought was a mild cold on Saturday turned into a struggle to breathe and eat, and after an overnight turn for the worse, Elliot was admitted to Children's Mercy Hospital this afternoon and diagnosed with RSV.

Although this is something all the cool kids get before they turn two, it is rough stuff when you're not even a month old and your immune system hasn't built up many antibodies. It earned Elliot a two-day stay in the hospital. At last report, the illness is peaking and he's still struggling.

This sickness has been rampaging through our house for what seems like the last two weeks. I thought I was in the clear until Noah coughed directly in my face on Saturday and gave it to me. We thought Elliot was going to pull through without much trouble, but he couldn't overcome it.


He had to get stuck seven times before they finally got an IV in, the poor dude. I will say he gets pretty relaxed pretty quickly after they quit messing with him. He's tough.

He is just too tired to even nurse.

In a bit of good luck, when we got out of the ER and into a room, it was on 4 Tower - the cardiac floor that Mandy worked on when she was at Children's Mercy. I finally got to see where she worked (way offlimits unless you're a patient/parent), and she got some nurses she knew.

Keep Elliot in your prayers.