[tri-med] Re: pneumonia

  Mimi,

  Sorry, I don't have much experience in this to give much advice.  We've
been lucky with Caroline so far!!

  My educated guess would also be that the antiobiotics haven't had a chance
to completely clear out the infection.  I do know that my nephew had
pneumonia when he was about 5 and it took a LONG time to clear it up.  He
was on breathing treatments for a long time as well as medication, but his
case of pneumonia was REALLY severe.

  Hope things start getting better soon!!!!

  Irene
  (Christina - 27 months and Caroline - 7 months with partial trisomy 17p)
  http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/c/carolinerochelle

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Mimi Noonan" <miminoonan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 11:42 AM
  Subject: [tri-med] pneumonia


  > 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. She is not as sick as she was the first
  > time--is still eating pretty well.
  >
  > Anyone else had problems with this?? Tierney is orally fed, but has
  > never been checked for aspirating, I doubt it because she has never had
  > a problem like this before...but you never know.
  >
  > (What I would like to hear is "oh yeah, we had a couple of problems
  > like that, but then my baby got better and did great." Thank you very
  > much.) I don't like to think about how many T18 babies die of
  > pneumonia.
  >
  > My boys go to public school, but have not been sick at all, no colds
  > even.
  >
  > Thoughts?
  >
  > Mimi (wife to Doug, Mommy to Reilly 8, Keegan 6 and Tierney T18 8
  > months)
  > Chicago
  >
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