After being inundated by RSV-related cases, hospitals all over the country are sounding alarm.
Heartbreaking footage shows a 10-year-old girl struggling to breathe. This is the result of RSV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one to two children in 100 who are less than six months old are hospitalized for the disease.
Even worse is the shortage of amoxicillin.
Although it is not recommended for RSV treatment, it can be used to treat some symptoms.
RSV is most common in young children. In fact, Inside Edition correspondent Steven Fabian’s own 10-month-old son Allen has RSV right now.
Steven and his wife, Thea, are doing their best to provide him with round-the-clock medical care. This includes nebulizer treatment. Allen’s twin sister Perry fortunately does not have RSV and is being kept in a separate bedroom in the hopes that it will help her from catching the virus.
“The doctors basically told us to buckle up, they said this is going to last a long, long time; that cough’s going to be in there a while,”Steven noted that Steven also has wheezing.