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.
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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.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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Must be counting the minutes…
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I doubt it. I'm already on a daily prednisone dose of 5mg, so that will change for a while.
@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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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.
@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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Prednisone always mad me want to crawl along the ceiling. I suspect you don't have that issue - but glad you're doing well.
@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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@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.
@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.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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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.
@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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@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.
@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.
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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.
@89th said in Hospitalized with pneumonia:
@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.
Yes. Our public institutions (well, CDC and to a lesser extent FDA) came out of this with lesser reputations that they had going into it. But Pharma came out enhanced. (to be fair, NHS was enhanced too but far less visibility to John Q Public)
