[tri-med] Re: pneumonia

Michelle

She did not have a chest rad. Her white count was high and she had a 
left shift. I could hear crackles and rales in her lungs and took her 
in. The doctor put her right on abs. We did not do a recheck post abs. 
She had her 8 month visit the day she finished and sounded great...and 
looked great, (though she had not gained any weight that month). That 
was on Monday. Today is Friday and her cough has gotten worse since 
Wed, with coughing to the point of vomiting last night (she did that 
last time too.)

We did not do a chest rad today either...maybe I should have pushed for 
that? She was not terribly sick this time, and last time she was 
feeling so bad, I just wanted to get her home and get her on meds. It 
is scary how quickly it seems to come on and get worse. I hate that.

Don't know about allergies. Hard to say. No one in our family has them. 
We do have two dogs. and the house has been sealed up a bit. Don't 
know.

I hate the sound of congestion. Makes my own chest feel tight.

Mimi (wife to Doug, Mommy to Reilly 8, Keegan 6 and Tierney T18 8 
months)
Chicago
On Jan 30, 2004, at 12:50 PM, jwaite wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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