Poor baby Landon has been sick for the whole year of 2011. Just right before new year Landon was having some respiratory issues and Landon's pediatrician put him on Zithromax (antibiotic) for 5 days and increased his Caffiene medication to help with the apnea spells. With little improvement we went back to the dr who then sent us to the hospital to have cultures and x-rays done. Results...RSV. The Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a very common virus that leads to mild, cold-like symptoms in adults and older healthy children. It can be more serious in young babies, especially to those in certain high-risk groups.
So for Landon having a trach and some breathing issues RSV is a big deal and really sets him back. Landon has been on his vent on and off CPAP and BIPAP for almost two months now and using his night time feeding pump thru his Mic-Key button. With having RSV there is no antibiotic to help him fight off the virus. We just increase the breathing treatments he gets a few times daily to every 2-3 hours and hope Landon works this virus out of his system.
Well 3 weeks after we were at the hospital being diagnosed with RSV we were back in the same place have more cultures and x-rays taken only to find out not only does he still have RSV but now 4 other bacteria infections in his lungs. (Klebsiella-oxytoca, Pseudomonas-aeruginosa, Serratia-marcescens, & Acinetobacter-baumannii) That is crazy who gets all of this at one time?
Landon was then put back on TOBI (tobramycin) antibiotic breathing treatment and an oral antibiotic Omnicef for a 10 day treatment. Well 10 days are up and Landon is not doing that much better so the dr said she was bring out the big guns. Landon is now starting Cipro for 10 days and we are hoping with it and Tobi he should be better very soon.
Thanks for all you prayers
