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RSV Twin Updates

Dec 2022 Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) manifested earlier and in significantly higher numbers at the outset of the 2022-2023 viral season. Children have been most visibly affected by this year’s spike in RSV; the hospitalization rate during the early months of winter for children aged 0 to 4 years rose to 61.5 per 100,000 in mid-November, substantially higher than last year’s early winter peak of 13.3 per 100,000 on December 11, 2021. Although hospitalizations for children 0 to 4 years of age dropped to 17.9 per 100,000 as of November 26, 2022, that rate still outpaces the rate for approximately the same time last year.2  


Little baby twins Hank and Walker ended up being taken by ambulance to Iowa City hospital with RSV around Nov 8. It has been a bad year for little babies, and preemies are at a very high risk. Both babies spent a week in the NICU very sick, but made a full recovery. It was a very scary time for them and hard on their mama. She spent her days at the hospital while Kyle was in the field and back home. We are so thankful they pulled through just fine. Lots of prayers have been over these little babies. The little guys will be tough, they have to be. 




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