{"id":15998,"date":"2019-11-20T17:14:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T17:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=288198"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:16:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:16:52","slug":"lawmaker-dad-raises-awareness-for-rsv-an-illness-hed-never-heard-of-until-his-daughter-was-diagnosed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/lawmaker-dad-raises-awareness-for-rsv-an-illness-hed-never-heard-of-until-his-daughter-was-diagnosed\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker Dad Raises Awareness For RSV, An Illness He\u2019d Never Heard Of Until His Daughter Was Diagnosed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mickey Dollens noticed his 2-week-old daughter Elvy was having difficulty breathing. She also had a fever, runny nose, and lots of mucus.<\/span>The worried dad watched in angst as little Elvy was taken to a clinic, then rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. Her oxygen levels were nowhere close to where they needed to be.<\/span>Mickey had no idea at the time, but his newborn baby was suffering from a dangerous illness he\u2019d never even heard of.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/KFOR Oklahoma\u2019s News 4<\/span>
\n<\/span>Baby Elvy was diagnosed with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).<\/span>According to the Mayo Clinic<\/a>, RSV causes infections of the lungs and respiratory tract. It\u2019s an extremely common virus, and most kids will have been infected with it by the age of 2.<\/span>However, RSV can be extremely dangerous \u2014 and potentially deadly \u2014 among those with weakened or underdeveloped immune systems, including preemies, the elderly, and newborns who have not yet been exposed to germs or vaccinated.<\/span>\u201cIt is a high cause of hospitalizations in babies and can lead to death if it is not treated appropriately. If you look at their chest muscles and they retract or they suck in when they\u2019re breathing, they\u2019re working too hard to breathe,\u201d Dr. Melinda Cail told KFOR.<\/span>Thankfully, Elvy\u2019s dad is an Oklahoma state representative \u2014 and now he\u2019s using his power, and the power of social media, to help spread awareness about RSV.<\/span>\u201cI know we\u2019ll get through this, but it\u2019s just really hard to see your child suffer like this,\u201d Mickey said.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\"\"<\/span>Photo: YouTube\/KFOR Oklahoma\u2019s News 4<\/span>Mickey shared some advice for ways to help prevent the disease on Twitter<\/a>:<\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to totally safeguard your family but there are some proactive measures you can take to reduce risk:
* Wash your hands \u2013 a lot.
* Sneeze into a tissue instead of your shirt. Germs can stay on clothes for hours.
* Don\u2019t kiss or touch other people\u2019s babies. Adults are often contagious before they show symptoms.
*Clean and disinfect toys regularly.
* Limit exposure to older siblings & immediate family who may be sick.\u201d<\/span>Learn more in this video.<\/span>Footage provided by KFOR Oklahoma City<\/a>
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Mickey Dollens noticed his 2-week-old daughter Elvy was having difficulty breathing. She also had a fever, runny nose, and lots of mucus.The worried dad watched in angst as little Elvy was taken to a clinic, then rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. Her oxygen levels were nowhere close to where they needed to be.Mickey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45712,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15998\/revisions\/45712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}