The one reason why I prefer the south over the north... being sick!

When we moved from NY to TN I noticed that we NEVER got sick living in the South. I would always see that people in NY were sick all the time and I remember being sick a lot as well. Then we moved back up here and I was really worried about it, especially having a preemie. Well my son is 6 months old and about a week and a half ago became sick for the first time since being born. :( He was really bad to the point where I took him to the ER. He was so congested and could barely breath. They thought he might have a little pneumonia so they put him on antibiotics. They chose to send us to Strong Hospital in Rochester as well because his bloodwork came back with a low hematocrit. They are thinking that maybe he's just anemic and needs iron. At Rochester they diagnosed him with RSV and said he doesn't have pneumonia. So he was taken off the antibiotics because RSV can't be treated with medicine. Now a week and a half later we are finally to the point where he only has a little cough. It was the most miserable time. My little boy is normally the happiest baby ever and he wouldn't even smile a little when he was sick:( I'm so glad to be past it all. We go back to have his blood redrawn in about a week to check on the hematocrit. If it stays about the same then it means he's just a little anemic. However if not we will have to look into other possible reasons.