RSV, a nasty little bug

We had our first stay in the hospital this week due to complications from RSV.  Basically a nasty cold bug that takes a long time to get over.  It causes lots of secretions, snotty nose, cough, sore throat, headache, etc.  How do I know?  Because I now have the nasty thing myself.  Oh the things we do for our kiddos.  So here's how the story unfolded:
Aaron had a cold since Saturday, including stuffy nose and cough.  It just kept getting worse so we took him to the pediatrician on Tuesday morning to make sure he wasn't developing something worse.  They diagnosed him with RSV and an ear infection and sent us home with nebulizer treatments and amoxicillin. After a day of those treatments, they didn't seem to be improving his breathing, despite nasal aspirations of his snot with a bulb syringe. He spiked a fever at 101.8 and was just  burning up.  After calling the pediatrician, we decided it would be best to take him in to the ER to have him looked at.  So we spent 3 hours in the ER, having yet another nebulizer treatment and x-rays to be sent home to monitor him.  Aaron slept in his car seat most of the night...for what little he did sleep.  The next morning, he was still working really hard to breathe.  We went in to see the pediatrician and after another nebulizer treatment and no change in his oxygen levels, that it would be best to go to the hospital for observation.  We arrived at Blank around noon, and were soon told that we would be staying over for observation to make sure that Aaron didn't need oxygen over night.  I think the best thing we experienced at the hospital was the awesome nasal aspirator they have!  That thing sucked so much snot out of Aaron's nose that he was able to breathe and sleep fairly well for the first time in 3 days!  Our sleep however, was not restorative so we are planning on catching up this weekend.  We hope.  So they discharged us 24 hours later.  Aaron is still feeling a little crummy, with quite the cough but is feeling a lot better.  We got to see a smile and he's starting to babble again, which we didn't see for at least two days.  Currently, he's napping and I should be too.  Thankfully Grandma Connie came to help out through the recovery process.  We didn't realize how sick the little guy was until we ended up getting it.  Hoping to recover quickly and all of us can be on the mend.