As you say, RSV can affect individual very differently, from very mild to severe with lasting harm. I have heard of any vaccine or prevention for it but believe there are some new ventilation techniques that are showing promise for those who need it.
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Info about some preventative treatment fir high risk infants and kids.
Younger S had it when he was 1 week old and was hospitalized for a week. I learned all about O2 sat/oximeters that week. He was at 80. One point lower and he would have been air lifted to a better hospital. I have no doubt that messed up his immune system those first few years. He was in the doctor’s office every 7-10 days, ear tubes at 8 months and finally the first case of MRSA in our city outside of the hospital setting at 15 months. No antibiotics existed back then except for IV form for hospital patients. They had to specially concoct something for him that came with zero instructions about side effects, etc. The kid who happily took all meds and ear drops would cry so hard until he threw up, would stand in the corner and not look at me, and learned how to hit (his stuffed animals) in anger. Calls to the pharmacy/doctor didn’t help. They said they had no idea if it was normal. We were the first. But if he didn’t use it, he could die. Fun times.
Slowly though, his immune system got better. By elementary school he was not sick any more than the usual kid. He had asthma, but now he seems to have outgrown it unless he gets sick. Hence why I was so paranoid for him to get covid. He did ok with it though! No breathing problems thank god!
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My DS24 had the RSV vaccine 15 years ago. It is super expensive and you are only eligible to receive it if you are born before 32 weeks of gestation (this was 15 yrs. ago don’t know if that has changed). We had to fight insurance for him to receive it and he was born at 31 weeks gestation. It was 6 doses.
My social group, which consists of a lot of people from work, have mostly been working from home all year and were all vaccinated by early April. Because many of us have/had kids unable to be vaccinated, many continued wearing masks. That eased up a bit once 12+ got vaccine approval in mid May. We had a small outside gathering a month ago and I had pretty high anxiety with no one wearing a mask (even though everyone present was vaccinated). I’ve continued to wear a mask indoors publicly until this week. Now that youngest kid is fully vaccinated I feel better. I keep reminding myself that the point of vaccination is protection. I run through scenarios where I ask myself under what conditions I will feel totally comfortable in the world again without a mask. And the answer doesn’t seem much different than conditions right now.
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Just got back from a week’s stay in my anti-mask/low vax, family hometown and realized very quickly that I was pushing things a little with the in-person visits. Even among the vaccinated there is a lot of concern about the latest variant and the very real possibility that there will be a local surge in infections due to all the Republicans walking around who’ve been tempting fate for a year and a half.
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My son got RSV when he was nine weeks old. I had never heard of it. The doctor said we were lucky we got him to the ER when we did. He was hospitalized for five days.
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I’ve been wearing a mask so long that now that it’s off, I feel almost like I’m walking around without pants on.
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OP here. This post has morphed from my original feelings of getting back into society to being afraid of going back due to covid, masks, etc.
That is an entirely different discussion.
Back to my original observations, I’ve also noticed I am also very irritable and short with people, where as before I had more control. I am lacking patience.
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Oh gosh same here. As is obvious from my posts on this website.
Yesterday I was at Costco and nearly no one had masks. I had one on my neck but not on. Was near a man who did not look well- like he had a bad cold or something. He was unmasked. It was a moment that it totally wanted to say - “ewww, if you’re sick can you please mask up?!”
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Lol! Same!
Had to take a break from a certain topic
All three of my kids got it when they were under two, and all three were hospitalized.
My husband and I just got back from a visit to his parents where we went to dinner for mil’s birthday and Father’s Day.
I am emotionally spent, just spent. All that talking! And being around people. Just exhausted.
We have standing plans to golf this afternoon and while it is usually a fun outing, I’m just so tired of the constant noise. Yearning for some alone time
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That was me last week. I was just exhausted mentally from being around people. I’m really looking forward to a quiet alone week as much as possible.
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This week, I told our church’s financial secretary that I could help her count the offering today. After the church service, I looked for her and finally found her in the church office. She said she couldn’t deal with the crowd and wanted to wait until it cleared out before going back into the sanctuary to collect the cash and checks that were in a locked box. This woman is in her 40s. She said she’s having a hard time with getting back into the swing of things. It’s interesting to me, because I have had zero problem adjusting, even though I’m an introvert. I have enjoyed people’s company more than I did pre-COVID.
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Just had 15 relatives over for Father’s day. All
Vaccinated. Haven’t seen some/most in 19 months. Enjoyable but thoroughly exhausted physically and mentally. So hard to find the words I’m looking for when trying to explain something. Feel like a malfunctioning robot. Have always been an introvert and now feel like I’m ready to limit socializing again for another 3 months or so!
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I’m getting there. Second trip flying and the airports are crowded like in the old days. Everyone is masked, though, so this feels like a transition period. I have been seeking out the quiet places to wait, but I did that pre Covid.
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I am really concerned about managing expectations of our extended families, who are of course excited to gather. We had a hard time explaining to my inlaws why we can’t be around my BIL/his wife IF we are also going to then see our son (high risk immunocompromised). BIL works in an elementary school. My family includes 7 children under 12, so those kids aren’t able to be vaccinated. I see COVID everywhere now, more than when I knew people were being careful.
Told my sibs, no, I didn’t see how we could be there for Xmas, Thanksgiving and keep our son safe. A bit of eyerolling, sighing,… The BIL who we couldn’t be around showed up anyway, and my husband was pretty blunt about saying “well, you guys visit, and we are gonna go for a drive while you are here”.
People say “well, how long can you behave like this? How long does he have to be so careful?” And to us it sounds like “Gee, Chemo is just so not fun, can’t you just stop?”
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