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She isn't doing too well. It started as the flu a few weeks ago, but then progressed to pains in her chest.
So I bought her that new computer tonight, she needs one for those college courses she needs to take to get her final credits. It was her computer that got hit by lightning that I've been working on. She's decided to attend KU this year, it's only an hour away. Her dad was expecting her to attend Dartmouth, his alma mater. Oh well. KU does have a good medical school.
:frown: I hope she gets well soon. Don't let her go outside until she gets better! Tie her down to the bed and force feed her lots of liquids.
Pengwuino
Feb1-06, 12:41 AM
And mommy her like there's no tomorrow! That always scares kids into being well again.
Moonbear
Feb1-06, 01:13 AM
And mommy her like there's no tomorrow! That always scares kids into being well again.
:rofl:
I hope she feels better quickly! Rest, lots and lots of rest.
En_lizard
Feb1-06, 01:17 AM
what's Pnuemonia ? :redface:
Moonbear
Feb1-06, 01:20 AM
what's Pnuemonia ? :redface:
A type of infection in the lungs.
En_lizard
Feb1-06, 01:28 AM
A type of infection in the lungs.
thanks !:redface: i hope she gets well soon.
This would be a particularly bad time to laugh.
I hope she feel better soon, I've added her to my "to worry for list" and send all good healing wishes her way.
Ooooh.. this is not good. Is she home with you?
Zz.
zoobyshoe
Feb1-06, 04:09 AM
I had pneumonia when I was three. They had to take me to the hospital and put me in an oxygen tent. My lungs were so clogged up with mucous that when I talked my voice sounded like a crinkly old man voice.
Ivan Seeking
Feb1-06, 04:19 AM
Oh no! Get well soon Evo Child.
Astronuc
Feb1-06, 06:59 AM
She isn't doing too well. It stared as the flu a few weeks ago, but then progressed to pains in her chest. I am very sorry to hear this. Has she been to the doctor? Is she coughing up mucus/phlegm? She might need antibiotics.
Besides ibuprofen/acetaminophen for fever, keep her hydrated, and I would recommend cranberry juice and orange juice, with a multivitamin supplement.
I wish her a speedy recovery.
Francis M
Feb1-06, 07:21 AM
She isn't doing too well. It stared as the flu a few weeks ago, but then progressed to pains in her chest.
So I bought her that new computer tonight, she needs one for those college courses she needs to take to get her final credits. It was her computer that got hit by lightning that I've been working on. She's decided to attend KU this year, it's only an hour away. Her dad was expecting her to attend Dartmouth, his alma mater. Oh well. KU does have a good medical school.
:yuck: My best wishes for a speedy recovery. I hope she gets well soon, very soon.
honestrosewater
Feb1-06, 07:31 AM
Get Well Soon, Evo Child!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 :smile:
So they think the flu caused the pneumonia? I'm just wondering because it could keep happening if it's something else, like some kind of swallowing problem. Is she allowed to have NyQuil? :wink:
Not sure what caused it. They confirmed it yesterday when they did the chest x-rays.
I'm getting her this vaporizer for her room after work and taking her some chicken soup.
...and taking her some chicken soup.Jewish penicillin. :approve:
I've had it twice. Both times I was hospitalized, like Zoopy, in an oxygen tent. I've prayed for her.
Jewish penicillin. :approve: Yep, can't beat it.
I've had it twice. Both times I was hospitalized, like Zoopy, in an oxygen tent. I've prayed for her.I have also been hospitalized under an oxygen tent with it when I was 5. Thanks Artman, she's looking pretty bad.
loseyourname
Feb1-06, 10:16 AM
I had pneumonia a few years back, and the only thing that made any difference were the antiobiotics and the inhaler. Chicken soup and vaporizers probably won't make too terrible of a difference, but they might make her throat feel better. Laughing hurts terribly. They put me on a really concentrated dose (I waited months to go in, so by the time I did, the infection was pretty advanced), which cleared up the infection in about a week, but I continued to have sporadic flus for another month or so until I finally regained my former strength. All told, I was sick for a good five months. I hope it doesn't last that long for her. I caught bronchitis again around October, and this time was sick for only about a month.
Get well soon, Evo child.....
My mum says I too had that Pnuemonia.....I don't remember.
Get well soon...................
:smile:
zanazzi78
Feb1-06, 10:50 AM
I`m sorry to hear Evo child is poorly, i hope she's makes a swift recovery.
I`m sure this must be a very stressfull time for you, try not so worry too much, I`m sure she`ll be fine.
Evo,
Tell Evo Child that I would send Dr. Mickey if it would help....
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Zz.
Awww, thanks everyone. If I can get her computer connected tonight, she can see this. She has the cable connection already and an "instruction guide", I've never done a cable connection before, is it easy? The cable company wanted $172 for a tech to connect it.
Astronuc
Feb1-06, 11:02 AM
It should be pretty easy. Follow the instructions.
I just upgraded to a mixed (wireless/cable) network at home. It mostly went OK. :grumpy: :smile:
Anyway, I would recommend going from cable modem to a router (I use Cisco/Linksys) and then into the NIC. The Linksys router comes with the installation instructions and software.
Install the software with cable modem connected directly to NIC. The software detects the ISP's setting and configures itself accordingly. The connect cable modem to router and router to NIC. Allow for automatic addressing, and it should be easy.
Maybe dduardo and franznietsche can jump in here.
Awww, thanks everyone. If I can get her computer connected tonight, she can see this. She has the cable connection already and an "instruction guide", I've never done a cable connection before, is it easy? The cable company wanted $172 for a tech to connect it.My cable modem was the easiest part of my wireless network installation. If you already have cable TV, it is a real snap. Just plug the thing in and get in touch with the cable company for the routing numbers, or put in the installation CD from them, follow the prompts, and you're in.
I loaded Comcast's software on my laptop last year and didn't like the result. Now that there is a router between the PCs and cable modem, their software doesn't seem to be necessary.
Hope that Evo child gets all better soon.
CosminaPrisma
Feb1-06, 12:07 PM
hope she gets well soon.
Math Is Hard
Feb1-06, 12:13 PM
Hope she is feeling better. Poor kid!
Moonbear
Feb1-06, 12:15 PM
Awww, thanks everyone. If I can get her computer connected tonight, she can see this. She has the cable connection already and an "instruction guide", I've never done a cable connection before, is it easy? The cable company wanted $172 for a tech to connect it.
It's really easy, and definitely NOT worth $172!!! What a rip-off! For mine, it was as simple as screwing the cable onto the cable modem, then running an ethernet connector from the modem to computer, plugging in the modem, watching a bunch of lights on the modem blink, and when the last one stopped blinking, opened the browser and followed the instructions (for a PC, there was a self-installation disk that did the whole connection thing automatically, on my mac, I needed to call the cable company and have them do the connection while I was on the phone...it took about 5 minutes, and when I was done, I had my email account set up and everything...I knew I could do that pretty much on my own, but let them talk me through it so I could confirm the server names were right and not have to call back if there were any problems).
Once the initial connection was made through the direct connection to the computer, I just unplugged the ethernet cable from my computer and plugged it into my airport (wireless router), the airport software told me something like, "No stupid, it's the other hole that fits an ethernet cable on the airport that you're supposed to use for cable internet," so I plugged the cable into the other connector instead, and it's worked ever since. :biggrin: (Okay, it was nicer about telling me the cable was plugged into the wrong slot, but it did leave me wondering how it knew that's what I'd done.)
That's a really cute vaporizer. I hope that cheers her up. It's quite possible she has had walking pneumonia for a while that she thought was the flu, and only when it got worse did she recognize it wasn't just the flu. Lots of coughing when you have a cold can also make you susceptible to pneumonia because the lining of your throat and bronchial tubes get irritated and vulnerable to other infections. That's how people go from flu to pneumonia. I hope it doesn't require hospitalization...it's much better to be sick at home in a comfortable bed with a mommy to take care of you than to be woken up every few hours in a hospital (not to mention that it means you're that much sicker if you've landed in the hospital). Is it the bacterial form of pneumonia? If so, she should be feeling better pretty soon...just make sure she finishes ALL of her antibiotic prescription according to directions, even if she starts feeling better sooner.
Chicken soup is great stuff...lots of great nutrients, the warm broth is easy to swallow and makes your throat feel good, it keeps you hydrated, and the steam is even good for the sinuses if it is delivered nice and hot.
I'm sending lots of thoughts her way for a speedy recovery (though, I think you should still rely more on the medicine and rest and chicken soup type remedies...my thoughts sometimes get lost in transmission somewhere. :uhh:)
She just called me and wants me to come over because she's feeling worse and my largest client is leaving town in the morning and just requested another analysis of 35 pages of circuits before they sign contracts on this deal. He needs it NOW. I've been working on this deal for over 6 months and it's major $$. Ok, and now I have a University with a location down and they're making threats. Lovely.
Two of my co-workers just walked in with boxes and said they quit.
And my head is exploding. :frown:
Moonbear
Feb1-06, 12:28 PM
She just called me and wants me to come over because she's feeling worse and my largest client is leaving town in the morning and just requested another analysis of 35 pages of circuits before they sign contracts on this deal. He needs it NOW. I've been working on this deal for over 6 months and it's major $$. Ok, and now I have a University with a location down and they're making threats. Lovely.
Two of my co-workers just walked in with boxes and said they quit.
And my head is exploding. :frown:
I think your daughter comes first in this case. Pneumonia isn't one of those things where you can just stay home alone and take care of yourself, especially if she thinks she's feeling worse rather than better.
Can you take the work home with you? Maybe you can work on the circuit analysis while sitting with your daughter...when she's napping, you can work (heh heh, just like when they're babies, isn't it?), and when she's awake and needs stuff, you're there to help her. With two co-workers just quitting, you actually have more leverage than usual...your boss isn't going to want to risk having a third person walk out the door right now, so you can probably get away with requesting a "mental health" day or two so you'll be fresh and ready to tackle the work of three people when you return from tending to your daughter. Every once in a while, it's worth it to foist your workload onto your boss so they remember just how much work they're giving you and appreciate you more for what you do.
What I do is so complex, not even my boss understands it. It's one of the reasons I was hired here so quickly, I know stuff no one else here does. It's the reason this client is following me here, when I left the other company, the people left there don't understand his network. :rofl: I set up some very complex stuff. o:)
I can't leave with the University location down, it's the local provider loop, not us, but that actually makes it harder to handle.
I told the Evo Child to try to sleep or just watch tv.
Astronuc
Feb1-06, 12:41 PM
She just called me and wants me to come over because she's feeling worse and my largest client is leaving town in the morning and just requested another analysis of 35 pages of circuits before they sign contracts on this deal. He needs it NOW. I've been working on this deal for over 6 months and it's major $$. Ok, and now I have a University with a location down and they're making threats. Lovely.
Two of my co-workers just walked in with boxes and said they quit.
And my head is exploding. :frown: OK, I believe you! Sounds like all h*** is breaking loose. :frown:
Hang in there. Things will get better! :smile:
And like Moonbear said, our children come first. See if you can take work home (?) or review the circuits quickly (?).
Re: Co-workers - ya want me and Artman to come over and twist there arms? :biggrin:
OK, I believe you! Sounds like all h*** is breaking loose. :frown:
Hang in there. Things will get better! :smile:
And like Moonbear said, our children come first. See if you can take work home (?) or review the circuits quickly (?).
Re: Co-workers - ya want me and Artman to come over and twist there arms? :biggrin:I took off early yesterday to be with her and I'm taking off early today also, I just HAVE TO get this done first.
She's ok, she's feeling worse because her nose is stuffed up, I think it's allergies. Allergies on top of pneumonia, poor kid. :frown:
DocToxyn
Feb1-06, 12:53 PM
Ohh man...when it rains, it pours. It's really difficult to watch your kids when they are sick. You want to do everything you can to get them better, but sometimes it just takes time. Do what you can to keep both the child and boss/clients happy...soon things will be back to "normal". Good luck Evo and get better Evo Child.
Re: Co-workers - ya want me and Artman to come over and twist there arms? :biggrin:
Just let it slide that you happen to know a guy who's really good with poisons....:devil: :biggrin:
You guys are the best. :!!)
Can someone come over and give me a shoulder rub?
I'm going to get her some little surprises to cheer her up.
Moonbear
Feb1-06, 01:00 PM
Can someone come over and give me a shoulder rub?
Maybe you can get HRW's cute cable guy to do that. :!!)
Maybe you can get HRW's cute cable guy to do that. :!!)Oh shoot, that reminds me, I've got to call the cable guy, for real, my cable is messed up.
Moonbear
Feb1-06, 01:17 PM
Oh shoot, that reminds me, I've got to call the cable guy, for real, my cable is messed up.
Well, maybe you'll get a cute cable guy too. :wink: That would be a nice silver lining to a bad day.
Ooh, is this cool, or what? This is a computer.
Astronuc
Feb1-06, 01:24 PM
I took off early yesterday to be with her and I'm taking off early today also, I just HAVE TO get this done first. Do the best you can do.
She's ok, she's feeling worse because her nose is stuffed up, I think it's allergies. Allergies on top of pneumonia, poor kid. :frown: Use nasal drops/spray. Don't use antihistamine (medication) because that is counter-productive to the pneumonia. She needs an expectorant to keep the stuff in her lungs loose, and she needs to get the junk out.
In a case like this, I use my extra hot hotsauce, but I don't recommend it for anyone else. :rolleyes:
DocToxyn
Feb1-06, 01:26 PM
Ooh, is this cool, or what? This is a computer.
Wow, cool keyboard. :rolleyes: How about this, project the keyboard onto your back and dictate to the cable guy what he needs to type in. You'll get both a backrub and finish your work at the same time.:bugeye: :wink:
Wow, cool keyboard. :rolleyes: How about this, project the keyboard onto your back and dictate to the cable guy what he needs to type in. You'll get both a backrub and finish your work at the same time.:bugeye: :wink:Oh, the places you could project the keyboard. :blushing:
Moonbear
Feb1-06, 01:42 PM
Wow, cool keyboard. :rolleyes: How about this, project the keyboard onto your back and dictate to the cable guy what he needs to type in. You'll get both a backrub and finish your work at the same time.:bugeye: :wink:
I agree, really cool computer...and wow! Good plan for getting the backrub from the cable guy. Oh, and yes, if he goes along with it, you should tip him generously. :biggrin:
Moonbear
Feb1-06, 01:44 PM
Oh, the places you could project the keyboard. :blushing:
Hee hee...I used to joke with the one guy I used to date that I wondered which would win out when it came to his attention, me or the computer, if I visited while he was working on the computer (actually, I know I always won out, but he'd tease that it was sometimes a tough call). That keyboard would have been the ultimate solution! :rofl:
Aww, some cute boy just drove the Evo Child over to my office for a few minutes. It's a beautiful day out and he took her to get something to eat and drink. He's going to set up her computer and build her a new computer desk.
Ok, at least she has a caretaker until I get there.
zoobyshoe
Feb1-06, 04:48 PM
Ooh, is this cool, or what? This is a computer.
That's straight out of Star Trek, The Next Generation. Someone told me about those last year and I could hardly believe it.
Aww, some cute boy just drove the Evo Child over to my office for a few minutes. It's a beautiful day out and he took her to get something to eat and drink. He's going to set up her computer and build her a new computer desk.
Ok, at least she has a caretaker until I get there.
If he's not gay, get his name, phone number, his parents' name and address, and make the wedding plans right away!
:)
Zz.
TheStatutoryApe
Feb1-06, 06:13 PM
I hope that the Evochilde will be well soon and you have a cute cable guy come to your house!
That computer reminds me of a cheesy movie called The First $20 Million Is Always The Hardest. The main characters had to make a computer that could be sold for only $99 dollars a piece. The achieved this by integrating everything into a single piece of hardware which utilized a holographic display (way out side of reality here ofcourse) as both monitor and keyboard. Lacking room for a big enough harddrive for a small enough price they decided that they would just make it so that the computer would connect to the net and all of the information and software it needed (aside from an OS) it would get from there and it would save files there aswell. The only problem I saw with that was the necessity for internet and server access really makes it cost more than $99.
zoobyshoe
Feb1-06, 06:28 PM
The only problem I saw with that was the necessity for internet and server access really makes it cost more than $99.
I guess you don't know about WebTv. It's about $149 for the equipment now, but when it first came out, it was about $99. Sony, RCA, and a couple other companies got into it. You get a modem thingy and a keyboard, and use your TV as the monitor. The monthly fee for the ISP is about $25.
The main drawback is that the screen image quality is poor compared to a computer. The beauty of it is amazing simplicity compared to a computer. I was, and continue to be, horrified, at the complexity I encounter having switched to a real computer. With WebTv it's impossible to get a virus or crash your system. They take care of all that in the mothership to which you link.
TheStatutoryApe
Feb1-06, 06:44 PM
The monthly fee for the ISP is about $25.
That's what I meant. The idea of the project was to make a computer for under $100 dollars so that the majority of people would then be able to afford to have a computer. If your computer wont work without you paying a monthly fee then it really costs more than the $99 dollars you paid for it. Just a technicality really since the reason for everyone having a computer would more or less be so that they can all have internet access. Unless all they want to do is keep files and play solitaire anyway.
Moonbear
Feb1-06, 07:03 PM
If he's not gay, get his name, phone number, his parents' name and address, and make the wedding plans right away!
:)
Zz.
:rofl: I agree!!! Don't let her let this one get away! That's so sweet. :smile:
JasonRox
Feb1-06, 07:55 PM
:rofl: I agree!!! Don't let her let this one get away! That's so sweet. :smile:
Don't be fooled too quickly.
Remember, being nice for two weeks is a small price to pay to get laid.
I would remain skeptical for atleast 3 months. That's the deal breaker timeline.
TheStatutoryApe
Feb1-06, 08:16 PM
Remember, being nice for two weeks is a small price to pay to get laid.
I'm sure that being treated like a princess for a couple weeks is a small price for getting laid too.
Moonbear
Feb1-06, 08:59 PM
Don't be fooled too quickly.
Remember, being nice for two weeks is a small price to pay to get laid.
I would remain skeptical for atleast 3 months. That's the deal breaker timeline.
Yeah, but it's a lot easier to be nice when someone is healthy than it is to stick around and help them out when they're sick and miserable. If he was just interested in getting laid, he could have just sent flowers or a teddy bear and kept his distance, but he's actually venturing to the sick room, shuttling her around...even to see her mom...getting her food; all of that is really sweet, and shows a really good character. Heck, that's halfway to the altar already, to still find someone attractive when they are sick and miserable. :biggrin:
Astronuc
Feb2-06, 06:45 AM
So how is our little one this morning? Hopefully much better.
And how is mom?
Thats terrible. I had pneumonia when I was in second grade and had to go to the hospital for a couple of days. Hope it doesn't come to that with her.
EnumaElish
Feb4-06, 11:50 AM
She's decided to attend KU this year, it's only an hour away. Her dad was expecting her to attend Dartmouth, his alma mater. Oh well. KU does have a good medical school.Go Jayhawks!!! :smile: KU has a lot of good schools. E.g. their physics dept. is pretty good; so's their math; as far as I remember.
Here's wishing the child a speedy recovery. Herbal tea with lemon & honey can ease a congestion. Expectorant and antibiotics are how I got over mine as a child.
(I forgot the "rock, chalk" part. Was it, "rock, chalk, Jayhawk"? Yeah, I guess that was it.)
I've been meaning to update.
The Evo Child has gotten worse. :frown: She's going back Monday for more tests. :cry:
Ivan Seeking
Feb11-06, 01:03 PM
On no!!! Tell her to stop that. :grumpy: :cry:
Really? I thought you wanted to tell us she's ok now!:frown:
wish her luck!
Astronuc
Feb11-06, 01:16 PM
I've been meaning to update.
The Evo Child has gotten worse. :frown: She's going back Monday for more tests. :cry: I am very sorry to hear that! :frown:
If she's coughing up yellow, brown, green or pink colored phlegm, I wouldn't wait until Monday - I'd call the doctor's office and insist they see her today. She might need antibiotics if she has a secondary infection. One concern might be pleurisy, or inflammation of the pleura (not that that is necessarily the case).
Make sure she takes a cough medicine with expectorant so that she can bring up the stuff in her lungs, and keep her hydrated.
Moonbear
Feb11-06, 01:17 PM
Sorry to hear that she's not getting better. Hopefully this time they'll get her onto proper medication and get her over it quickly. Send her my get well wishes!
ZapperZ
Feb11-06, 01:18 PM
I hope you take her in to the hospital if she's not getting any better. Monday seems such a long time away....
Zz.
What is worrying me is that she doesn't have any lung congestion, I think the doctor misdiagnosed her. Her lungs hurt and breathing is very painful and she is having trouble getting enough air. I tried getting her into the doctor Friday because the school nurse called me and they were worried and wanted her to go back to the doctor. She was supposed to drive right over to the doctor (about 3 minutes from her school), instead I got a message from her, she had gone home and gone to bed instead. :mad:
She said if it gets really bad, she'll go to the emergency room. :devil: :devil:
Astronuc
Feb11-06, 01:30 PM
What is worrying me is that she doesn't have any lung congestion, I think the doctor misdiagnosed her. Her lungs hurt and breathing is very painful and she is having trouble getting enough air. I tried getting her into the doctor Friday because the school nurse called me and they were worried and wanted her to go back to the doctor. She was supposed to drive right over to the doctor (about 3 minutes from her school), instead I got a message from her, she had gone home and gone to bed instead. :mad:
She said if it gets really bad, she'll go to the emergency room. :devil: :devil: Sounds like she might have pleurisy, but not sure. Call the doctor's office or emergency service and find out if you should take her to hospital - 36 to 48 hrs is too long to wait! Especially if her lungs hurt when breathing. She's been sick for too long.
Does she have a fever?
And if she has or has had pneumonia, why is she at school!?
Trouble getting air is worrisome!
Try a different doctor!
ZapperZ
Feb11-06, 01:33 PM
What is worrying me is that she doesn't have any lung congestion, I think the doctor misdiagnosed her. Her lungs hurt and breathing is very painful and she is having trouble getting enough air. I tried getting her into the doctor Friday because the school nurse called me and they were worried and wanted her to go back to the doctor. She was supposed to drive right over to the doctor (about 3 minutes from her school), instead I got a message from her, she had gone home and gone to bed instead. :mad:
She said if it gets really bad, she'll go to the emergency room. :devil: :devil:
Oh no... no, no, no, no, no....
If it gets really bad, it has gone past the get-to-the-hospital stage. I am worried. With all the symptoms that you are describing it, I would drag her to the emergency room right away.
Zz.
tribdog
Feb11-06, 01:59 PM
hope she gets better soon. Now back to that keyboard. If you were to shine that keyboard onto your body I would type, "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog." to get started then I would probably type "nunujkmi nunu fcrddfdjni omomkind d d d d d d d d d d ddddddddddddddddDDDDDDD Dk d"
My brother is a doctor, so I asked him about this. He said that your daughter needs to have a chest xray, has this been done? If it has, then she's probably getting the right care. If that hasn't been done, then...why not?
Loren Booda
Feb11-06, 02:58 PM
No doubt she's a tough kid, but if necessary, modern medicine can successfully treat most pneumonias (or other pulmonary maladies) with a short hospital stay. What once was a critical illness (like my mother had single lung pneumonia in 1933, before antibiotics) is now commonly overcome with oral or intravenous treatment. Whatever the case, I hope she recovers quickly and safely.
My brother is a doctor, so I asked him about this. He said that your daughter needs to have a chest xray, has this been done? If it has, then she's probably getting the right care. If that hasn't been done, then...why not?She had an x-ray almost two weeks ago, which is how the doctor diagnosed it. She doesn't seem to be responding to treatment.
She will get better soon, I promise.
She had an x-ray almost two weeks ago, which is how the doctor diagnosed it. She doesn't seem to be responding to treatment.He said that's how pneumonia is diagnosed, and that painful breathing (often accompanied by fever) isn't unusual. I hope that she's feeling better soon.
zoobyshoe
Feb11-06, 03:44 PM
Sounds like she might have pleurisy, but not sure.
It sounds like pleurisy to me, too.
At any rate, it seems to have gone on much too long. When I had pneumonia as a kid I only stayed in the hospital three days and went home completely well. Spent one night in an oxygen tent, and don't recall what they gave me, but the very next day I felt considerably better. Because of that, it strikes me as strange she wan't over it quite a while ago.
Astronuc
Feb11-06, 04:14 PM
How about PMing DocToxyn or adrenaline for opinions?
IIRC, she had onset of pneumonia two weeks ago after an respiratory infection. If she has gotten worse, rather than better, it would seem a different treatment is in order - and a second opinion - and maybe hospital, especially if pleurisy is possible. You don't want this to progress to a pneumothorax.
If it's viral, not much can be done, but bacterial infection is treated by antibiotics.
Treatment is directed at the underlying illness. Bacterial infections are treated with appropriate antibiotics. Tuberculosis requires special treatment. Viral infections normally run their course without medications. Pleural fluid may be removed by thoracentesis, and evaluated for signs of infection. The pain of pleurisy can often be controlled with acetominophen or anti-inflammatory agents, such as ibuprofen
Maybe a second X-ray is in order.
Moonbear
Feb11-06, 05:11 PM
A few things come to mind. On a chest x-ray, they can only see if there are things like fluid in the lungs, they can't tell what's causing it. They should have done a sputum culture to confirm pneumonia. If she's not responding to antibiotics, and it really is pneumonia, she may have a resistant form that needs a different antibiotic. The only way to find that out is to do a culture to identify the bug she has and which antibiotic is responds to.
But, painful and difficult breathing is not something to mess around with. If she's not responding, she should be in the hospital for further treatment.
If I were you, I'd take her to a second doctor, or the ER, and request the original x-rays plus get a new one taken. A second doctor or radiologist can confirm the initial diagnosis, and by having the old and new set, can also determine what direction it's progressing. This has gone on too long to be getting worse rather than better.
Astronuc
Feb12-06, 09:30 PM
Has Child of Evo improved? I am hoping so.
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