In several parts of the country, there is a large spread of the RS virus. This is clearly noticeable in Helsingborg, where there is high pressure on the hospital’s children’s ward and children’s emergency room.
In hospital for four days
Emelie Johansson recently had to spend four days in the hospital with her daughter.
– You obviously get worried. I thought we had had our experience with RS, but we had to go through this again.
Last year, Selma’s condition became more critical.
– She turned blue, couldn’t breathe and I had to call 112, says Emelie Johansson.
Was given oxygen at home
Then Selma was hospitalized for two weeks. But this year too, the situation became so serious that the family brought oxygen and oxygen meters home from the hospital.
– It is very unusual that it goes this far, says Anna-Karin Albin, director of operations at the Children and Youth Department at Helsingborg Hospital.
Selma has Down syndrome, something that can make her sicker than other children of the same age.
– Children with other diagnoses, or chronic diseases of any kind, have a slightly greater risk of getting worse in RS, says Anna-Karin Albin.
For Emelie Johansson, it is important to highlight the seriousness of the virus.
– You don’t think about how sick your child can actually be. You get a wake up call when you are sitting there in the hospital.