Child recovering from pneumonia after flu

[Lisa!]

Really? I thought you wanted to tell us she's ok now!
wish her luck!

 

[Astronuc]

I've been meaning to update.

The Evo Child has gotten worse. She's going back Monday for more tests.

I am very sorry to hear that!

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]

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]

I hope you take her into the hospital if she's not getting any better. Monday seems such a long time away...

Zz.

 

[Evo]

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.

She said if it gets really bad, she'll go to the emergency room.

 

[Astronuc]

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.

She said if it gets really bad, she'll go to the emergency room.

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]

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.

She said if it gets really bad, she'll go to the emergency room.

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]

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[Aether]

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]

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.

 

[Evo]

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.

 

[Cyrus]

She will get better soon, I promise.

 

[Aether]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Has Child of Evo improved? I am hoping so.