[tri-med] Re: pneumonia

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From: "Mimi Noonan" <miminoonan@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Tierney had pneumonia two weeks ago and did beautifully on antibiotics.
> She finished on Monday am and by Wed was coughing again. At recheck
> today, the pneumonia was back.

Was she diagnosed initially by the dr using a stethascope only or was there
a chest x-ray?
Was there an x-ray when she finished the course of antibiotics? (to
determine it was gone)
Lab work done?

Assuming here that it was not viral pneumonia since Tierney was on
antibiotics in the first place?


> Anyone else had problems with this??

Alex has allergy induced asthma. From infancy on to 11-12 yrs old he had
bronchitis/pneumonia AT LEAST once per month. Many times we only had a week
between illnesses. And we're talking really, really SICK. To the point of me
watching every breath hoping that another was following.

Even these days when he does get sick like that (further and farther between
knocking on wood here!) it's the same game. And he goes downhill like
greased lightning. These days I can generally tell when he's fighting
something and can tell when the lungs are on their way to clogged up just by
his look. Jim no longer doubts me when I say "We're going to need
antibiotics within 24 hrs).

Often Alex's trigger was an allergen. He's highly allergic to horses (got
into the van of somebody who rode and was wheezing within 4 minutes--another
time Molly came home from a girls house covered in cat hair and within
minutes of Alex hugging her--whamo!), cats, dogs-- to a lesser degree-- plus
some environmental/seasonal allergies.

Do you think that perhaps Tierney has allergies that set this off?

Michelle mom to Alex (16, partial trisomy 14 mosaic) and Molly (13)
MichiganUSA


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