Dr. Syra Madad is an epidemiologist in Boston. Recently, her two-year-old daughter, Laila,

started showing signs that she was getting sick.

She started being irritable, very clingy, and to me as a parent, when she starts to wanting

to be held more often, I know she's probably coming down with something.

Madad says her daughter had contracted RSV, a virus that can cause severe respiratory

illness and infants and young children.

She progressed to nasal congestion and coughing, and then she started to spike high fevers,

about 103.

And she had those fevers for a few days.

Laila was treated at an urgent care clinic for the fever, then again at a pediatrician's

office.

She started to feel much better, still less coughing, less congestion.

She was eating well, she was alert, and kind of being playful and active, you know, normally

as she normally is.

But then a day and a half later, she developed a rash.

I noticed that those rashes were not only on her legs, but it was also on her chest,

her abdomen, her trunk, her limbs, and a little bit on her back.

It was just like, you know what, I need to get her evaluated and see what's going on.

She was feeling better, did she pick something else up?

This time they went to the emergency department, and it was packed.

I saw a lot of children coughing, sneezing, congestion, runny nose, and the parents and caregivers,

just, you know, just trying to console their child.

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