As many you have heard, Grair is unfortunately back in the hospital. This time it is for something different than his heart: RSV.

We are at Saint Elizabeth’s in Lincoln, and have been here since Tuesday night. Dr. David came to our house on Tuesday night after concerns with Grair not eating well, and vomiting. His initial diagnosis was a respiratory viral infection, most likely RSV. So we checked into the hospital, and Grair has been up and down since.

The first test for RSV came out negative, and we were relieved. However, that did not help us determine the issue. A few days later, a second test did confirm Grair has RSV. Fortunately, we seem to have caught everything at an early stage, and the proper treatments have begun. Unfortunately, due to Grair’s condition from birth, he is going to have a harder time fighting this off. So far, he has shown that he wants to fight, and we are encouraged by his progress considering. Dr. Martin, our pediatric cardiologist, has been keeping a close eye on Grair’s heart, and thankfully has no concerns yet.

Reasonable expectations have us in the hospital through the weekend, and possibly into the middle of next week. If he begins to go downhill, they will move us to Children’s in Omaha (which we like better than St. Elizabeths anyway). Regardless of our hospital perference, we don’t want to make that journey again.

St. Elizabeth’s does not have wireless internet access in our room, so updates will be sporadic at best. Keep Grair in your thoughts and prayers, that has proven to be very successful based on our last hospital visit.