So....pneumonia...

[Seshat]

This is why some people "get the flu" when they get a flu vaccination. They're not actually getting the flu - their immune system is reacting as if they were.

I'm one of the ones who "gets the flu". I just pop in and have one of the nurses make sure I'm having a 'normal' abnormal reaction to the flu shot - see if she thinks I should see one of the doctors. So far there's been no need.

Some other immune responses:
* redness around any break in the skin (blood being rushed to the area, to provide nutrients and white blood cells)
* swelling around any break in the skin (see above)
* pus in an open wound (dead white blood cells that have 'eaten' invading bacteria/virii. wipe them off with a clean tissue, toss it out.)
* scab tissue (nature's bandaids)
* bruising (blood being rushed to an area, to provide healing nutrients)

[Sapphire Silk]

So Seraph . . . updates?

[Seraph]

Ha, wow. Totally forgot to update this, as I usually kept the chat room up to date. My bad, but I'm here to apologize and post what did eventually happen.

Both girls ended coming down with whatever it was. My youngest actually had it WORSE. We did end up having to make one ER trip, when her fever spiked to 105.9 while she was still on a dose on a Motrin.

Turns out, they got a really, REALLY bad upper respiratory infection, and both were put on very strong antibiotics. Youngest's actually spread somehow to her eyes, so she got put on eyedrops for that too.....

And then...they prescribed Prednisone, since the oldest's cough was so bad. Oh. My. God. Oldest was literally running in circles around the house with that stuff.

Thankfully though, both reacted well to the meds, and it cleared up a little over a week later. I'd say we were over the last of it just a few days ago, in fact.

Was a crazy, CRAZY ride, but thankfully, everything turned out alright, and it wasn't pneumonia after all. They thought right up until the ER visit that it was, though! :|

[Mishi]

Yay! They're all better now, so glad that it wasn't pneumonia! Two sick at once is a real pain, I hope you get a chance to catch up on some sleep.

Yeah, prednisone tends to have that effect. I loved it because it was the first time I'd had energy in 2 years and it helped with the joint pain. Bubbles had her last infection spread to her eyes as well, she had a round of Curam Duo and some Chlorsig drops and she was fine in a week. Scared the crap out of the doctor with a 40 degree fever though, she was overdue for a dose of ibuprofen and there was a bit of a wait.

[Sapphire Silk]

Glad to hear everything worked out OK