#12 Raging whaaat?

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     Her Pediatrician broke the news: "It's pneumonia. Come look at the xray with me." We walk down the hall to a small room with desks lining the wall and a light-box in the back. I'd never read an x-ray before so I had no idea what I was looking at. "Raging pneumonia" he said. "Raging? What do you mean, raging?"

      "Well, it's in both lungs. They are completely full of fluid. We don't know how we missed it, but this seems to be the problem." I'm confused. "But she hasn't coughed, had a fever or anything, her only symptom was last night when her o2 dropped." He showed me the first x-ray from a few days ago and the difference was astonishing! Even this "answer" was bringing more questions.

      I just wanted to scoop her up and take her home, give her some medication and forget all this ever happened!

      He must have seen these thoughts flicker in my eyes... "We need to treat her here. She's very sick. We have a lot of work to do. Babies her age don't cough very effectively (she hadn't coughed once at this point) She'll be on a 7-10 day course of IV antibiotics.

      An end is in sight! We have a plan, we may not have all the answers, but we have enough to give us a plan and date to go home!