Pneumonia for the 2nd time

Kellyandgirls · **Pneumonia for the 2nd time**

this year!! my 7 yr old dd has this again! she had it back in November and has had Bronchitis monthly since or has had strep!! my poor kid!! I am ready to put her in a bubble and never let her out!!! she has been sick every month since Sept!! this is getting ridiculous!! Im afraid she will become immune to Zithromax!! lets see for 9 monts straight its been something!! UUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGG my poor kid!!!

ok thanks for letting me vent!!!!

mrs_teeee67 · 05-15-2007, 03:53 PM

poor kid!!! and mama too.. man, I hope that she gets some stronger immunity soon and feels good for a LONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG time! get all her sick outta the way, for,,, FOREVER would be nice

bonna9182 · 05-15-2007, 04:54 PM

Awww, I hope she feels better soon. Pneumonia is the worst, I got over that & bronchitis not too long ago. Sending her (and you) a hug!

2kidz4me · 05-15-2007, 05:02 PM

This may sound odd, but see if she can get her tonsils removed. We went through the same exact thing as you, even at the same age, and when they removed my ds's tonsils he has been the picture of health since. He had strep every month for six months and one time the dr gave the wrong meds and it turned to pneumonia.

Something to look into.....

desertmom · 05-15-2007, 07:42 PM

I'm so sorry. This stuff that keeps recirculating is just nasty! Hope the healing begins soon!

Kellyandgirls · 05-15-2007, 09:36 PM

Thanks for the well wishes!! she still thinks she is goin to school tomorow! (I know otherwise) anyhow I have a follow up with the dr in a week and we are gonna be talking about how she is sick soo much and what (if) there is any underying issue like Asthma or Allergies !! The dr she saw today thinks that this Could be!! she even said they should not be sick this often!! my poor baby!! she is a trooper!!

Kellyandgirls · 05-15-2007, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 2kidz4me

This may sound odd, but see if she can get her tonsils removed. We went through the same exact thing as you, even at the same age, and when they removed my ds's tonsils he has been the picture of health since. He had strep every month for six months and one time the dr gave the wrong meds and it turned to pneumonia.

Something to look into.....

Thanks for the info! Ill def be adding this thought!! the dr today did say she had bigger than normal tonsils so that is a thought!!

MontseinIL · 05-16-2007, 10:31 AM

Let us know what happens. My dd (3) had a cold that turned into Pnuemonia a few months ago, She had never really been sick before that and It was the first time she had had antibiotics. Now she just got a cold 5 days ago and I took her to doc yesterday cuz her cough was "tight" sounding almost like an asthma attack but no breathing problems. So doc put her on a puffer and steroid and hopefully it won't turn into Pnuemonia, no guarantee though. Hope your dd is better soon.

bethk · 05-16-2007, 12:17 PM

This sounds just like my DS when he was nine! (he's 18 now). He would get bronchitis about once a month, and pnuemonia once or twice a year with strep in between, and was hospitalized twice! It drove me crazy! My doctor put him on inhalers, saying that the infection isn't clearing completely out of his lungs due to asthma, though he had never had an attack or wheezing. Since going on the inhalers, he has had bronchitis maybe once a year and has never had pnuemonia since. Right now he is on an Advair inhaler which is great as its only one puff am and pm. when he first got inhalers, there were two that he had two puff on each twice a day.

Just a thought also, I took my ds to the health nurse for a pnuemonia shot at about 10 yrs old, and got a flu shot at the same time. Flu shot reaction was fine, but the pnuemonia reaction was BAD. Very sore arm, and a high fever for a couple of days. He was one sick boy. I called the nurse and she said that they had had reports of bad reactions from the shot, but not enough to give warnings about it! That didn't make sense to me and I gave her a peice of my mind!

Anyway, if the removal of the tonsills do not work, look into inhalers. My ds has not had his tonsills removed as he mainly got bronchitis and pnuemonia, and the doctor was one that only removes tonsils when absolutely necessary.