The Christmas holidays also brought an unexpected and unwanted present. Kaelin got a cold and because she just can't seem to stay out of Macie's face, Macie picked up the cold. On our way home from Corsicana, we had to go to the doctor and they diagnosed Macie with RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus). RSV is a nasty nasty virus. It causes difficulty in breathing, bronchitis, fever, and almost any other symptom you can think of. There is really no medicine that can be given to cure it. The doctors really just try to treat the airway in order to make it less difficult to breathe. So, Macie had to get a nebulizer and we have to do breathing treatments with her 2 times a day. She fights me when I come at her with the breathing mask, so I have to catch her when she is asleep. The breathing treatments have helped so much. Her junky cough has gotten a lot better, no fever, breathing is not labored, and sleep is back to normal.
Poor Macie... it has been a rough couple of months.
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