Pneumonia

[sdelorenzo]

You have to have an x-ray to see if it is pneumonia. Doctors are not always able to hear the pneumonia with a stethoscope. My kids have had pneumonia 3 times and twice they couldn't hear it. Hope he feels better soon.
Sharon, mom of Sophia, 8 and Jack, 6 both with cf, Grant, 9 month no cf

 

[sdelorenzo]

You have to have an x-ray to see if it is pneumonia. Doctors are not always able to hear the pneumonia with a stethoscope. My kids have had pneumonia 3 times and twice they couldn't hear it. Hope he feels better soon.
Sharon, mom of Sophia, 8 and Jack, 6 both with cf, Grant, 9 month no cf

 

[sdelorenzo]

You have to have an x-ray to see if it is pneumonia. Doctors are not always able to hear the pneumonia with a stethoscope. My kids have had pneumonia 3 times and twice they couldn't hear it. Hope he feels better soon.
Sharon, mom of Sophia, 8 and Jack, 6 both with cf, Grant, 9 month no cf

 

[sdelorenzo]

You have to have an x-ray to see if it is pneumonia. Doctors are not always able to hear the pneumonia with a stethoscope. My kids have had pneumonia 3 times and twice they couldn't hear it. Hope he feels better soon.
Sharon, mom of Sophia, 8 and Jack, 6 both with cf, Grant, 9 month no cf

 

[sdelorenzo]

You have to have an x-ray to see if it is pneumonia. Doctors are not always able to hear the pneumonia with a stethoscope. My kids have had pneumonia 3 times and twice they couldn't hear it. Hope he feels better soon.
<br />Sharon, mom of Sophia, 8 and Jack, 6 both with cf, Grant, 9 month no cf

 

[LouLou]

IMHO a cough in a cfer that is heading downhill (ie. not improving) on day 4-5 should be treated with an antiobiotic. This is what Yale New Haven and CHOP do/did with my son. After 3-4 days if you haven't seen an improvement I would take child in to doctor for exam and throat culture.

 

[LouLou]

IMHO a cough in a cfer that is heading downhill (ie. not improving) on day 4-5 should be treated with an antiobiotic. This is what Yale New Haven and CHOP do/did with my son. After 3-4 days if you haven't seen an improvement I would take child in to doctor for exam and throat culture.

 

[LouLou]

IMHO a cough in a cfer that is heading downhill (ie. not improving) on day 4-5 should be treated with an antiobiotic. This is what Yale New Haven and CHOP do/did with my son. After 3-4 days if you haven't seen an improvement I would take child in to doctor for exam and throat culture.

 

[LouLou]

IMHO a cough in a cfer that is heading downhill (ie. not improving) on day 4-5 should be treated with an antiobiotic. This is what Yale New Haven and CHOP do/did with my son. After 3-4 days if you haven't seen an improvement I would take child in to doctor for exam and throat culture.

 

[LouLou]

IMHO a cough in a cfer that is heading downhill (ie. not improving) on day 4-5 should be treated with an antiobiotic. This is what Yale New Haven and CHOP do/did with my son. After 3-4 days if you haven't seen an improvement I would take child in to doctor for exam and throat culture.

 

[sdavis227]

Thank you all for your help.

We went ahead and took him to the ER to check his oxygen and get an x-ray. O2 was 92 and doc said x-ray was fine... said that he did have an ear infection and put him on abx.

Then we get home, do the vest, and in the middle of it, he starts vomiting. He wasn't coughing before hand and there was no mucus in it, so now I'm thinking more along the lines of flu again <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">

I hate this time of year and foresee me hating it more and more every year.

 

[sdavis227]

Thank you all for your help.

We went ahead and took him to the ER to check his oxygen and get an x-ray. O2 was 92 and doc said x-ray was fine... said that he did have an ear infection and put him on abx.

Then we get home, do the vest, and in the middle of it, he starts vomiting. He wasn't coughing before hand and there was no mucus in it, so now I'm thinking more along the lines of flu again <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">

I hate this time of year and foresee me hating it more and more every year.

 

[sdavis227]

Thank you all for your help.

We went ahead and took him to the ER to check his oxygen and get an x-ray. O2 was 92 and doc said x-ray was fine... said that he did have an ear infection and put him on abx.

Then we get home, do the vest, and in the middle of it, he starts vomiting. He wasn't coughing before hand and there was no mucus in it, so now I'm thinking more along the lines of flu again <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">

I hate this time of year and foresee me hating it more and more every year.

 

[sdavis227]

Thank you all for your help.

We went ahead and took him to the ER to check his oxygen and get an x-ray. O2 was 92 and doc said x-ray was fine... said that he did have an ear infection and put him on abx.

Then we get home, do the vest, and in the middle of it, he starts vomiting. He wasn't coughing before hand and there was no mucus in it, so now I'm thinking more along the lines of flu again <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">

I hate this time of year and foresee me hating it more and more every year.

 

[sdavis227]

Thank you all for your help.
<br />
<br />We went ahead and took him to the ER to check his oxygen and get an x-ray. O2 was 92 and doc said x-ray was fine... said that he did have an ear infection and put him on abx.
<br />
<br />Then we get home, do the vest, and in the middle of it, he starts vomiting. He wasn't coughing before hand and there was no mucus in it, so now I'm thinking more along the lines of flu again <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">
<br />
<br />I hate this time of year and foresee me hating it more and more every year.

 

[hmw]

Who read the xray? One of his cf drs or the er dr?

IMO, an o2 level of 92% is not very good and wouldn't be caused by an ear infection. That, combined with nasty cough still sounds like a respiratory infection to me. You are also right in that flu (especially h1n1) can involve vomiting.

I'd let his cf dr know that his o2 level was only 92%. They might have given you a line about 'anything over 90% is ok' or something like that, but- again, this is only my opinion- I wouldn't be comfortable with leaving it at that. They also would probably want to know what abx he was put on anyway.

 

[hmw]

Who read the xray? One of his cf drs or the er dr?

IMO, an o2 level of 92% is not very good and wouldn't be caused by an ear infection. That, combined with nasty cough still sounds like a respiratory infection to me. You are also right in that flu (especially h1n1) can involve vomiting.

I'd let his cf dr know that his o2 level was only 92%. They might have given you a line about 'anything over 90% is ok' or something like that, but- again, this is only my opinion- I wouldn't be comfortable with leaving it at that. They also would probably want to know what abx he was put on anyway.

 

[hmw]

Who read the xray? One of his cf drs or the er dr?

IMO, an o2 level of 92% is not very good and wouldn't be caused by an ear infection. That, combined with nasty cough still sounds like a respiratory infection to me. You are also right in that flu (especially h1n1) can involve vomiting.

I'd let his cf dr know that his o2 level was only 92%. They might have given you a line about 'anything over 90% is ok' or something like that, but- again, this is only my opinion- I wouldn't be comfortable with leaving it at that. They also would probably want to know what abx he was put on anyway.

 

[hmw]

Who read the xray? One of his cf drs or the er dr?

IMO, an o2 level of 92% is not very good and wouldn't be caused by an ear infection. That, combined with nasty cough still sounds like a respiratory infection to me. You are also right in that flu (especially h1n1) can involve vomiting.

I'd let his cf dr know that his o2 level was only 92%. They might have given you a line about 'anything over 90% is ok' or something like that, but- again, this is only my opinion- I wouldn't be comfortable with leaving it at that. They also would probably want to know what abx he was put on anyway.

 

[hmw]

Who read the xray? One of his cf drs or the er dr?
<br />
<br />IMO, an o2 level of 92% is not very good and wouldn't be caused by an ear infection. That, combined with nasty cough still sounds like a respiratory infection to me. You are also right in that flu (especially h1n1) can involve vomiting.
<br />
<br />I'd let his cf dr know that his o2 level was only 92%. They might have given you a line about 'anything over 90% is ok' or something like that, but- again, this is only my opinion- I wouldn't be comfortable with leaving it at that. They also would probably want to know what abx he was put on anyway.