Hospitalized with pneumonia
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No I'm here still and will remain so until tomorrow morning.
Had a CT yesterday which showed lower left lobe pneumonia, which just confirmed what they got from the X-ray Monday.
Vitals are all normal.
I feel fine but they want to do a broncoscopy and see what they can grow. But barring some unforeseen event I'll leave in the morning.
DON’T let them eat cake.
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They found the likely source of my issues from a sputum culture. They think it started with a parainfluenza virus (which Dr. Google tells me is not flu) with the bacterial pneumonia as a later add-on.
Because of that they are canceling the bronc. I'll probably go home today with a prednisone taper and a script for ribavirin.
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Must be counting the minutes…
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DON’T let them eat cake.
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@jon-nyc said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
I'm already on a daily prednisone dose of 5mg, so that will change for a while.
OIC. Knowing nothing about pharmacy, I thought maybe part of your regimen was to protect against precisely the kind of invasion that put you in the hospital this time.
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@jon-nyc said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
They found the likely source of my issues from a sputum culture. They think it started with a parainfluenza virus (which Dr. Google tells me is not flu) with the bacterial pneumonia as a later add-on.
Because of that they are canceling the bronc. I'll probably go home today with a prednisone taper and a script for ribavirin.
Ok, I was overconfident. They want to check me tonight to make sure the anti-viral doesn't do bad things. Almost certainly I'll leave in the am.
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@kluurs said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
Prednisone always mad me want to crawl along the ceiling. I suspect you don't have that issue - but glad you're doing well.
Prednisone always made me want to work like crazy.
Jon, whacha doin' this weekend? My house needs painting.
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@brenda said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
@kluurs said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
Prednisone always mad me want to crawl along the ceiling. I suspect you don't have that issue - but glad you're doing well.
Prednisone always made me want to work like crazy.
Jon, whacha doin' this weekend? My house needs painting.
You missed your real chance. When I was in acute rejection they gave me 750mg daily, straight in the vein.
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@jon-nyc said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
They found the likely source of my issues from a sputum culture. They think it started with a parainfluenza virus (which Dr. Google tells me is not flu) with the bacterial pneumonia as a later add-on.
Because of that they are canceling the bronc. I'll probably go home today with a prednisone taper and a script for ribavirin.
Can we all pause and be thankful for the medical expertise we have? Not from reading this post, but my kids went in for their 4-year-old and 18-month-old visits and I see the various vaccinations and shots they've received (and are scheduled to get) and I thought today......what a world we live in. Most of it is (literally?) greek/latin to me.
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@jon-nyc said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
@brenda said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
@kluurs said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
Prednisone always mad me want to crawl along the ceiling. I suspect you don't have that issue - but glad you're doing well.
Prednisone always made me want to work like crazy.
Jon, whacha doin' this weekend? My house needs painting.
You missed your real chance. When I was in acute rejection they gave me 750mg daily, straight in the vein.
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I hope you heal quickly, Jon.
