February was a month of disease in our household. We started the month out with a cold, which we passed around between the five of us. There were a few days of rest before we picked up a stomach bug, which we passed around between the five of us before giving it to my poor mother who had come to town to help us unpack (turns out it will lie dormant for a few days before attacking another member of the family-- sorry, Momma!). But then C and O came down with a nasty cold. First came the cough, then the fussiness, then the fevers, then a long weekend where no one--save for the three-year old-- got any sleep. I took them into the pediatrician as soon as they opened Monday morning to receive a diagnosis I was not expecting: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). Having done a fair amount of research on RSV after the babies were born (thanks to a very well-informed friend of mine), I knew that RSV is a concern for premature infants for the first two years of their life. Our insurance deni...
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