What is RSV? There has been a surge of cases of the upper respiratory infection in kids across the country, including the Chicago area.
Beds at Advocate Children's Hospital are filling up fast. RSV has arrived much earlier and some kids up to the age of 6 are needing hospitalizationAs a pediatric nurse, Katie Kurnick knew it was time to bring her 4-year-son Jordan to the emergency room when his cold symptoms became much worse.
Jordan was diagnosed with Respiratory Syncytial Virus, known as RSV. There has been a surge of cases across the country, including the Chicago area.RSV in babies, toddlers filling up pediatric hospital beds in Chicago unusually early, doctors warn "This is our March of 2020," said Dr. Frank Belmonte, chief medical officer at Advocate Children's Hospital. "This is the pediatric version of the beginning of the pandemic and it really taxed all of us for sure."
To accommodate the surge of cases, Advocate staff are working extra shifts and the hospital is being creative to add more beds."Just like we did on the adult side at the beginning of COVID, we have an incident type of command phenomenon going on now," Belmonte said.
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