How did this happen?

Stanley and Fischer were both doing great. Sunday night we had cake and ice cream to celebrate Pete's birthday. We were getting 12" of snow so we enjoyed a night at home. By midnight Stanley started showing signs of difficulty breathing, then an ugly cough set in. With all the snow the clinic was a mess, not to mention getting there was a problem.... but we were able to get Stanley in to see a dr Monday morning. Stanley was diagnosed with rsv and admitted to the hospital because his oxygen levels were dangerously low. Today will be our 3rd day here. I apologize for the lack of updates ... we just haven't had any ... he's been "stable" but with a virus we just have to give it time and it's still hard to tell if he's improving. Stanley is maintaining his oxygen level very well with support. They can't start weaning him off until his breathing rate starts returning to normal. (Now it's twice what it should be) He's eating very well and NOT running a fever so those are both very good signs. He seems much less distressed to me in the last 12hours. We both slept a good 4 hours last night ... that felt good! Stanley is getting nebulizer treatments with albuterol every 4 hours and his lungs are pretty clogged ... but the mucus is breaking up and we're sucking out snot every chance we get. I hate to get my hopes up too high yet, but he seems to me like he's finally showing improvement. The doc should be in this morning so i'll try to keep his progress updated via this blog. Thanks to all for the thoughts, prayers, visits etc. Last we heard we're going to be here a few days yet. Oh and Fischer is back to his silly self... in the midst of this he ended up at the clinic monday also ... double ear infection and fever. But he's home with Grandma and bounced back in no time! Check back later.... i'll keep this updated!

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