Samantha Schumann's baby boy was intubated for several days before he started showing signs of improvement.
The virus is popping up in daycares and schools across northeast Ohio sending thousands of children to the Emergency Room.A North Olmsted family says their case was so bad their child nearly lost his life. By acting fast and getting him to the Cleveland Clinic he is recovering and well today.
Samantha Schumann’s three little boys are her whole wide world. 5-year-old Jackson, 3-year-old Henry and 3-month-old Maxwell give her purpose and joy. “We talk about how lucky we are, and how blessed we are to all be home-- and have a house and have the toys we play with," said Samantha Schumann, a North Olmsted area mom.“It all started at like the end of October. My other two brought home a cold and it ended up being RSV," said Schumann.“He just had like red, droopy eyes; he was just-- you could tell he wasn’t feeling good. He was coughing," said Schumann.
While it appeared, he was recovering on the ventilator—Samantha was then told his airway became blocked with mucus and he was entering pulmonary arrest and coding.Dr. John Carl, Cleveland Clinic Children's Head of the Center for Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine said not all RSV cases are this severe."Max's case--it was he needed to have a breathing tube and a ventilator. But fortunately, most kids don't get to that point.
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