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Lien · 04-25-2010, 05:50 AM

My son had pneumonia in both lungs and it came up as quickly as yours. He was 5 at the time. At 3 AM he came to my room and said his tummy hurt, and he had a slight fever. My husband was home that day, so I went to work. By noon my husband had called the doctor who sent him straight to hospital for XRays. Before they could take those, he lost consciousness. They gave him antibiotics and he perked up pretty quickly, but it was really scary.

Apparently this is normal for some types of bacterial pneumonia. I guess with the beating you had (surgery, chemo, rads) you actually did pretty well. Your immune system wasn't what it used to be, but antibiotics work by boosting your immune reaction, I think, so when you needed it, it did it's job. That's actually pretty good news.

Hope you feel better soon.

Love

Jacqueline

04-25-2010, 05:50 AM	#7
Lien Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Haarlem, the Netherlands Posts: 835	Re: Been in the hospital - so glad to be home My son had pneumonia in both lungs and it came up as quickly as yours. He was 5 at the time. At 3 AM he came to my room and said his tummy hurt, and he had a slight fever. My husband was home that day, so I went to work. By noon my husband had called the doctor who sent him straight to hospital for XRays. Before they could take those, he lost consciousness. They gave him antibiotics and he perked up pretty quickly, but it was really scary. Apparently this is normal for some types of bacterial pneumonia. I guess with the beating you had (surgery, chemo, rads) you actually did pretty well. Your immune system wasn't what it used to be, but antibiotics work by boosting your immune reaction, I think, so when you needed it, it did it's job. That's actually pretty good news. Hope you feel better soon. Love Jacqueline __________________ Diagnosed age 44, January 2004, 0.7 cm IDC & DCIS. Stage 1, grade 3, ER/PR pos. HER2 pos. clear margins, no nodes. SNB. 35 rads. On Zoladex and Armidex since Dec. 2004. Stopped Zoladex/Arimidex sept 2009 Still taking mistletoe shots (CAM therapy) Doing fine.