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Rady Children’s Hospital reached capacity on Thursday, confirming 56 patients hospitalized have RSV.
One father shared his experience with CBS 8 so that other parents know the signs to look for.
“It's a brutal process. It's brutal,” said Keith James.
James knew something was wrong with his then 10-week-old baby girl Ivy when he was trying to feed her one night a couple weeks ago.
"Feeding was really hard. Like, she was having a hard time swallowing and keeping milk down and everything and then when we laid her down, like there was this raspiness in her breathing," said James.
James and his wife called their doctor who advised them to take Ivy to the hospital.
She was diagnosed with Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV, and spent more than a week at Rady Children's Hospital.
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