Last Saturday Oliva had a runny nose and was drooling a lot.
I thought it was just side effects from teething.
Later that evening she was running a fever and she slept a lot on Sunday. Monday I could tell she just didn't feel well, but I knew there was a head cold going around. By that evening she sounded really raspy so Tuesday I took her to see the Dr.
When we got there they took us straight back and started hooking her up to machines to check her oxygen level.
I realized it was more serious than I'd thought when they started talking about her being right on the verge of needing to be hospitalized because she wasn't getting enough oxygen.
There wasn't much they could do for her so we went home with instructions to come back the next day.
The Dr called that evening to see how she was doing and wanted me to bring her in at 9am.
Her oxygen levels were lower than the day before and we were sent to the hospital.
Olivia had Bronchiolitis and possibly RSV, but the Dr said they weren't going to test for it because they would still give her the same treatment either way.
Thankfully my Mom was able to come stay with the boys and hold things together at the house so that Jeff & I could be with Olivia.
She was a trooper through it all, but she really didn't like the tubes in her nose when they first put them on.
She had to be suctioned out quite a bit during our stay, but by Thursday she was sounding so much better and starting to get back to her happy self.
She was especially excited to see her brothers:
They kept us until Friday evening because weaning her off the oxygen didn't go as smoothly as hoped.
We are so thankful to have our happy girl back, and she was sure ready to come home! I think we were both getting a bit stir-crazy in that room.
