shimmereestar
New member
Hi there,
My daughter was in the hospital fro 3-3 until 3-10. She has pneumonia. They started her on IV antibiotics on the 5th. She received a broviac line (she is still to little for a port or picc line) and has been on IV antibiotics for the past two weeks (merrem). We left the hospital on the 10th and she finishes her antibiotics tomorrow morning. My question is she has started having coughing bouts that wake her and she's breathing a bit fast once again. Is this normal? Is it the mucus breaking up? We have been seeing the doctor pretty much on a weekly basis since Jan.25th (when she was first diagnosed) but only have a nurses visit on Thurs. (we don't see the doctor until the following week) I'm going to call the doctors office tomorrow anyway but being as this is our first time on IV antibiotics I don't really know what to expect. She just sounds horrible when she coughs and nothing is coming out. (Do you think she could be swallowing it?) If anyone has any ideas or insights that would be wonderful.
My daughter was in the hospital fro 3-3 until 3-10. She has pneumonia. They started her on IV antibiotics on the 5th. She received a broviac line (she is still to little for a port or picc line) and has been on IV antibiotics for the past two weeks (merrem). We left the hospital on the 10th and she finishes her antibiotics tomorrow morning. My question is she has started having coughing bouts that wake her and she's breathing a bit fast once again. Is this normal? Is it the mucus breaking up? We have been seeing the doctor pretty much on a weekly basis since Jan.25th (when she was first diagnosed) but only have a nurses visit on Thurs. (we don't see the doctor until the following week) I'm going to call the doctors office tomorrow anyway but being as this is our first time on IV antibiotics I don't really know what to expect. She just sounds horrible when she coughs and nothing is coming out. (Do you think she could be swallowing it?) If anyone has any ideas or insights that would be wonderful.