Guest guest Posted October 9, 2006 Report Share Posted October 9, 2006 Man this IVIG thing is starting to scare me even more! My child can not take augmentin due to it not doing well with autism, so this really does worry me. _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Pattie Curran Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 6:40 PM Pattie Curran Subject: ped called Talked to the ped...it sounds like an infection to her. Since he started Augmentin today, it should be okay and can take up to 36 hours for the Augmentin to work. I circled the redness...I have to check it every 3 hours and if it gets bigger need to call her again. The only skin infection that Augmentin won't take care of is MRSA. So we should be covered. She said MRSA generally starts out as a boil with lots of pus...I wonder if kids with neutropenia/chemotaxis problems would develop pus with MRSA? J never had it with his cellulitis-when he was admitted, they could not even culture it because there was no pus. Since he has never had this type of injection site reaction before, I don't know f it is normal or not. He's NEVER had pain at the injection site before, I do know that. I am glad that he has a sinus infection today. First time for everything, huh? Who'd of thunk it? Me, happy about a sinus infection. Without the sinus infection, he wouldn't be on Augmentin already! Peace Be With You, Pattie " Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. " ~ Winston Churchill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 My boys also have neutropenia and a neutrophil chemotaxis defect. Augmentin has never been prescribed for their skin infections before. Usually they get Keflex or Clindamycin. It just so happened that he started Augmentin yesterday for a sinus infection and it also works for skin infections..... Peace Be With You, Pattie " Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. " ~ Winston Churchill Man this IVIG thing is starting to scare me even more! My child can not take augmentin due to it not doing well with autism, so this really does worry me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 The ped is calling in 4 more days of Augmentin XR 1000. Because he is allergic to cephalosporins, we can't use those. Z-max doesn't cover sinus infections as well and we want to save Clindamycin for his skin infections (sad to hear she thinks he has frequent skin infections-I want to pretend he doesn't! talk about DeNial!) He had Clinda in March for cellulitis. So, other than using it for a longer time, we don't have much choice. We'll do a CT when we get back from Camp Sunshine to be sure the infection is clear... Grace and peace be with you, Pattie Where there's His will, there's a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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