Good News - Sharada Back Home. Weak but Fine...

[Guest guest]

If she is still spiking a temperature after the pneumonia has resolved, this

can be a sign of complications such as empyema, get it checked out, and

maybe they'll do another xray to make sure she is clear. Never ignore a

spiking temperature!

Good News - Sharada Back Home. Weak but Fine...

>Dear All,

>Sharada is back home after 17 days. This was the testing time for all of

>us.Initially when her ped. detected pneumonia in her right lung, doctors

>thought and we also it is PA again. So they immediately started with

>Ceftazidime and Gentamycin IV and Tobramycin Nebulizer before they got

>sputum culture result. Surprisingly the sputum culture indicated no PA. Her

>blood reports were normal. And no clue of any bacterial infection. This was

>a point when we started worrying. As they could not isolate the bacteria,

>the treatment was uncertain. Finally the pneumonia was identified in a

blood

>test. It was Mycoplasma Pneumonia. Sharada started responding to

>Clarithromycin and her fever dropped down. After monitoring for 4 days

>without fever doctor finally decided to let her go home and advised us to

>give her good rest, no school immediately.

>Sharada is fine now. She celebrated her 6th birthday yesterday.

>Thanks to u all for your support. I will keep in touch....

>Shrikant

>Father of Sharada 6 yo girl wcf

>

>N.B. Sometimes (still) she has some elevated temp. of about 99 deg F

>normally at late afternoon. It comes down after 5ml Paracetamol. It is 9th

>day of Clarithromycin and 5 more days to go. No much cough. No wheeze.

Chest

>clear (thanks to god). Can the fever be aftermath of the infection?

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

If she is still spiking a temperature after the pneumonia has resolved, this

can be a sign of complications such as empyema, get it checked out, and

maybe they'll do another xray to make sure she is clear. Never ignore a

spiking temperature!

Good News - Sharada Back Home. Weak but Fine...

>Dear All,

>Sharada is back home after 17 days. This was the testing time for all of

>us.Initially when her ped. detected pneumonia in her right lung, doctors

>thought and we also it is PA again. So they immediately started with

>Ceftazidime and Gentamycin IV and Tobramycin Nebulizer before they got

>sputum culture result. Surprisingly the sputum culture indicated no PA. Her

>blood reports were normal. And no clue of any bacterial infection. This was

>a point when we started worrying. As they could not isolate the bacteria,

>the treatment was uncertain. Finally the pneumonia was identified in a

blood

>test. It was Mycoplasma Pneumonia. Sharada started responding to

>Clarithromycin and her fever dropped down. After monitoring for 4 days

>without fever doctor finally decided to let her go home and advised us to

>give her good rest, no school immediately.

>Sharada is fine now. She celebrated her 6th birthday yesterday.

>Thanks to u all for your support. I will keep in touch....

>Shrikant

>Father of Sharada 6 yo girl wcf

>

>N.B. Sometimes (still) she has some elevated temp. of about 99 deg F

>normally at late afternoon. It comes down after 5ml Paracetamol. It is 9th

>day of Clarithromycin and 5 more days to go. No much cough. No wheeze.

Chest

>clear (thanks to god). Can the fever be aftermath of the infection?

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

Sharada is back home after 17 days. This was the testing time for all of

us.Initially when her ped. detected pneumonia in her right lung, doctors

thought and we also it is PA again. So they immediately started with

Ceftazidime and Gentamycin IV and Tobramycin Nebulizer before they got

sputum culture result. Surprisingly the sputum culture indicated no PA. Her

blood reports were normal. And no clue of any bacterial infection. This was

a point when we started worrying. As they could not isolate the bacteria,

the treatment was uncertain. Finally the pneumonia was identified in a blood

test. It was Mycoplasma Pneumonia. Sharada started responding to

Clarithromycin and her fever dropped down. After monitoring for 4 days

without fever doctor finally decided to let her go home and advised us to

give her good rest, no school immediately.

Sharada is fine now. She celebrated her 6th birthday yesterday.

Thanks to u all for your support. I will keep in touch....

Shrikant

Father of Sharada 6 yo girl wcf

N.B. Sometimes (still) she has some elevated temp. of about 99 deg F

normally at late afternoon. It comes down after 5ml Paracetamol. It is 9th

day of Clarithromycin and 5 more days to go. No much cough. No wheeze. Chest

clear (thanks to god). Can the fever be aftermath of the infection?

[Guest guest]

I'm very glad Sharada is home now and doing better. Tell her happy birthday

from Texas, USA. :-)

Dawn mom of 4, 7 and under, the youngest wcf