im_daer t1_ita50y5 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 1:39 AM

Reply to comment by Pipes_of_Pan in Multiple Children’s Hospitals Are At Or Near Capacity Across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia by Maxcactus

My 6 month old was admitted 2 weeks ago. Criteria for admission at Inova Fairfax was O2 sat less than 90% awake 88% sleeping. We had to stay 2 nights in the hospital on oxygen. So yes, she had a cold, but she was also hypoxic. I don't know that I'd have felt comfortable going home if her O2 sat was hanging out at 91. Also we started at the peds urgent care and took an ambulance to the ER so it's not like we jumped straight to ER.

Pipes_of_Pan t1_ita5kut wrote on October 22, 2022 at 1:43 AM

Sure and I’m very glad you got care but 1) there was a bed for y’all at one of the hospitals mentioned in this article and 2) these headlines pop up every year around this time. Kids get sick in the fall! Hospitals prepare properly for this and the media sensationalizes the situation.