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Baby Weston has a virus that's been on the rise this year, RSV.

"Don't really know why, it's just more aggressive this year but it's a pretty consistent finding across the country," says Amy Seery, Ascension Via Christi Pediatrician.

While RSV can be a frustrating virus, Dr. Seery says its very common. If you think your child may have it, here's what to look for.

"If you have an infant or young child whose just having tons of mucus, tons of congestion, really fussy, not eating not feeding well you're starting to see decreased wet diapers, poor sleep," says Dr. Seery.

If you spot those signs, be sure to get your child into a doctor right away. Depending on the diagnosis, they may send you into a suctioning unit.

"Suctioning, getting out all the inflammatory production that your body has. The excess secretions we can suction those out which increases the ability for that patient to breathe through their nose, which a lot of infants only want to breathe through their nose," says Craig Cunningham, Resident Physician.

In case that sounds like a scary scenario, Weston's mom assures you that it's not as bad as she thought. She's just relieved her son can breathe again.

"It's not as scary as you think it's going to be. I was really worried because he doesn't like his nose touched at all but he did really good....He can actually breathe, he's not grunting so I'm happy," says Jessica Haight.



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