A dad has posted a viral warning about the importance of washing your hands after his daughter contracted RSV.
The dad, whose name is unknown, goes by andnowforsomethingcompletelydifferent on Imgur, and he posted a photo of his “little fighter,” whose been in the hospital for over three weeks due to a serious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
While originally, his baby was admitted to the hospital with viral meningitis, she recovered quickly since it was a light case. Yet, she now remains hospitalized as she battles RSV.
“We almost lost her last Monday,” the emotional dad writes.
“Our local hospital told us if she got any worse there was nothing more they could do for her. We had to move her to a better facility… As soon as the pediatric team arrived at the hospital to pick her up, she flatlined. They revived her and put her on a ventilator immediately. Since then, she has been diagnosed with of course RSV, a severe case of pneumonia, type h flu, bronchialitis, and a partially collapsed right lung,” dad continues.
He reports that the baby is doing much better but she still requires oxygen for comfort.
“RSV is no joke. I didn’t know much about it until a week ago when it almost took my daughter from me. Please make sure to wash your hands before handling little ones. And make sure to wrap them up when heading outside into the cold,” dad wrote.
Dr. Ari Brown, author of Baby 411, calls RSV “a really rough virus, like the worst cold you’ve ever had,” and said it’s very easy to contract when proper precautions aren’t taken. Brown told Cosmopolitan: “RSV is not only spread through droplets, but through contact on surfaces like the grocery cart that your baby touches that another ill child was coughing on an hour earlier. So we definitely encourage really good hygiene, especially this time of year. Could somebody die if you don’t wash hands? Technically, yes.”
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