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Amy Schumeris still reeling from a scary experience with son 3-year-old sonGene.
The comedian, 41, recently shared that her son with husbandChris Fischerwas hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus, more commonly known asRSV, while she was preparing to hostSaturday Night Livelast weekend.
TheLife & Bethstar also shared that she almost backed out of her hosting duties amid the upsetting situation.
“I was like, ‘I’m obviously not hosting [SNL] anymore. I was texting people like, ‘Should I see who can fill in? Or, are they going to do that?’ And they were like, ‘No, you’re going to do it,’ " she recalled. “So I just missed all of Thursday and went in Friday morning.”
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Schumer first announced the news of Gene’s diagnosis onInstagramone day after hostingSNL, sharing that it had been the “hardest week of [her] life.”
“I missed Thursday rehearsals whenmy son was rushed to the ER and admitted for RSV. Shout out to all the parents going through this right now,” she wrote. “I got to be with him the whole day at the hospital and the beautiful humans at@nbcsnlcouldn’t have been more supportive. My son is home and better.”
Amy Schumer son Gene https://www.instagram.com/p/COy74QEpDhy/ Credit: Amy Schumer/Instagram.Amy Schumer/Instagram
Schumer’s family was just one of many dealing with the illness, asRespiratory Syncytial Virus(RSV) cases are surging across the United States.
The virus, which causes mild, cold-like symptoms among adults and older children, can result in severe complications inbabies younger than 12 monthsas it spreads to the lower respiratory tract, causing pneumonia (infection of the lung) and bronchiolitis (inflammation of the lung).
RSV has been on the rise in recent weeks and is “notorious for causing wheezing and a ton of mucous in little children,” according toDr. Elizabeth Murray, a pediatrician specializing in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Child Health Advocacy and amember of PEOPLE’s Health Squad. There’s no direct treatment for it, but concern comes when a child’s “oxygen level drops,” she said.
source: people.com
