[luckystarmom]

My twin daughters almost died of RSV when they were babies, and that is why I am taking this swine flu seriously.

One of my daughters has a brain injury with epilepsy as one of the complications from RSV, and the other one has severe asthma. The one with asthma was on a ventilator for a whole month, and she almost had to be put on a heart and lung machine.

This was 12 years ago, and they now have a treatment at least for preemies, but only preemies get the treatment.

[TriGirl]

My 2 sons and a daughter had RSV. My sons nearly died and are very asthmatic to this day.

Nasty stuff.

[ziravan]

"This was 12 years ago, and they now have a treatment at least for preemies, but only preemies get the treatment."

That treatment runs $5,000/shot and has to be taken monthly during RSV season (Oct-Mar). I have a preemie and my co-pay was $1,000/month.