Both babies have had running noses all day and Emily has had a low grade fever all day. They both were very drooly and chewing on everything, so I assumed it was from teething. Late this afternoon, Emily started coughing really hard and get upset. Her lips turned a nice shade of blue, so I called the doctor. They told me to head over to AI (the children's hospital) to the ER and get her checked out.
So mommy and the babies went to the ER; Daddy was at work. They checked Emily all out - tested her snot and took a chest x-ray. Everything came back negative, but because her snot was clear, they knew the snot would. The doctor said even though it was negative, she's pretty sure Emily has RSV. Because she was doing better, they normally would have sent her home. But because we was pre-term, they wanted to keep her in the hospital overnight to monitor her.
They got her all set up in a hospital crib, hooked up to all sorts of monitors and such. Around 11:00pm, Kyle and I came home and Brent (who came as soon as he could leave work) is staying at the hospital with Emily for the night. As long as her breathing does okay through the night, she will get to come home in the morning.
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