No help from here, just sending prayers.

I agree it's worrisome for her family, but I doubt they'd send her home if they didn't expect her to continue to improve. Sending good thoughts, Chisue.

(((hugs))))

Sounds like they are doing everything right for her.

DD had pneumonia when she was about 3. Sick as a dog for about a week and then bounced right back like there had been nothing wrong. Hopefully, this will be the same result for your GD.

Poor baby, it's so miserable to be sick. My daughter, who will be 28 in March, had pneumonia when she was 6 weeks old. I had never been so scared in my life! She was so, so sick and lethargic.

She was admitted to the hospital, I slept in a chair for 4 or 5 days. I refused to leave unless my mom was there to say with her while I would run home to shower and see our son.

She had no meds. All they did was put her in a cool mist tent. If your daughter doesn't have a cool mist humidifier, I would strongly suggest she gets one immediately. They are awesome. Ultrasonic humidifiers won't get everything wet around them.

I sure hope your little peanut feels better very soon.

There is a lot of that both with elders and little ones. Watch her temps, eating habits, fluids, and have her checked and lungs X Rayed check about a week after she was in the hospital. The pneumonia here goes under remission and then returns, that is why it is important to follow up.

I just know they need rest, no running/playing around until you know they are well. They can relapse.

Grandma Sue, if they released her to home and did not admit her, chances are they expect the antibiotics to knock this right out. I'm sure your DS/DDIL will keep a close eye and immediately report anything that isn't an improvement to her doctor. Of course you will worry, just don't overdo it. I hope you have better news tomorrow and hear she is improving already. Toddlers can be very resilient, hopefully she will surprise you....and you'll let us know?

All of my kids got pnemonia, some of them got it quite often. It didn't matter how careful I was, as soon as they got a fever of 104, I knew what it was. Some people are just more susceptible to it. My daughter has had it as an adult a few times. She once showed up at the drug store and said, "I can't be that sick! I only got 4 pills!" Uhm...... yeah........ no....... You're VERY sick, kiddo. Those are the strongest antibiotics......... ;) I had double pnemonia when I was 14 months old. It was my Christmas present: Christmas day I got to go to the hospital and spend six weeks in there. LOL I passed that on to my children. It can be really hard to get rid of. Just lots of R&R hugs and kisses. And drugs.

As a contrast to the stories above, my earliest memory is of my brother recovering from pneumonia just before penicillin was available to the public during WWII. He was 5, so I was 3. They feared he would die. T surgeon removed a rib in his back so that the pus could drain from his lungs through a hole the surgeon made next to his scapula. He was in bed so long that he forgot how to walk and had to be taught again. He had all sorts of therapies, but the one he liked was getting a very thick milk shake to suck through a straw. And to top off the un available story, we lived in the city where penicillin was developed.

2 of my sons, now grown men, had pneumonia as young boys. They were not hospitalized, had antibiotics and recovered pretty quickly. I also remember how the youngest hated the medicine. Children recover much faster than us old folks.

I'm so sorry, Sue; what a worry. I'm sure that you will soon hear of her recovery. I vividly recall being desperately sick as a child, and my mother feeding me ice chips over which a bit of hot jello had been poured, and hot jello in a mug, and shaved frozen jello. Lol, I despise jello to this day, but loved those treats when I couldn't eat anything else.

I'm so sorry, Sue; what a worry. I'm sure that you will soon hear of her recovery. I vividly recall being desperately sick as a child, and my mother feeding me ice chips over which a bit of hot jello had been poured, and hot jello in a mug, and shaved frozen jello. Lol, I despise jello to this day, but loved those treats when I couldn't eat anything else.

I have no advice for your dear little granddaughter but a tale of my own which might help.

I used to get pneumonia on an almost yearly basis for years and years throughout my adult life. The price I paid for an asthmatic history, I guess. But medical science invented the pneumonia vaccine about 15 years ago. I couldn't get to my doctor's office fast enough once it became available to the general public. I don't respond well to medications of any sort so I just prayed that the shot would take. I did! I haven't had pneumonia since receiving that vaccine.

It's a once-in-a-life-time vaccine. At first the medicos thought a booster at 5 years might be necessary but in my case...my system wouldn't accept the booster and I had to be treated immediately for the allergic reaction I had to it. Info now reinforces the fact that only one shot is necessary to create immunity.

I don't know if the vaccine is available for children but I'd be surprised if it's not. I'd certainly make sure that it's discussed with her pediatrician. From my own experience...it's golden and everyone who can tolerate it should get it ASAP.

My prayers for your little one, Sue. I know only too well how she's feeling right now.

Anne

How wonderful to receive so many comforting posts! Thank you all.

I called DS this morning. Everybody got a good night's sleep, only interrupted by a 2 a.m. dose of Ibuprofen. DGD's temp is down to around 100F, and she is back on her 'feed' -- largely P&J (no crusts!) and yogurt. They are pushing liquids and keeping her in bed with the humidifier and air cleaner going full tilt. DGS attended a paintball birthday party last evening, so even he slept in this morning.

We're all glad the crisis isn't *today*. DS and DGS have cleared nine inches of heavy snow this morning. A foot or more is predicted. It would be dangerous to try to drive to their preferred hospital's ER today.

I passed on all the good advice about humidifiers, liquids, enforced rest, and vigilance in future lest her lungs be especially vulnerable.

Anne: DH and I have had the pneumonia vaccine and booster. I think they are intended for 'at risk' people like us Seniors, but if DGD continues to have lung troubles, maybe she is also 'at risk'.

Next update won't be until they see their pediatrician in a few days.

Thank you all for the virtual hand-holding!

Just a little information I have recently come by regarding the pneumonia vaccines....

I've been helping an elderly neighbor recover from pneumonia, she's doing well. I did call my friend who is our public health nurse though, looking for some professinal in-home help for 'C'.

In talking to her, she told me the type on pneumonia my neighbor has is contagious, that DH and I need pneumonia shots.

I reminded her we had them a few years ago, in our 50's, that she had given them to us. She sternly told me she knew that, she is talking about the newly recommended Prevnar 13 shot for pneumonia. She adamantly insisted we need both. The CDC has just begun including it in their recommendation for adults as of this last Fall.

She tells me its very effective. She's been administering it to children under 5 as part of their regular vaccines for years, now the guidelines include us too.

We haven't gotten the Prevnar 13 yet but will try to go for it in the next week or two. She had serum at the health department but told me our insurance will cover the shot and she wants to save her supply for people without coverage. I understand that of course, but she gives great shots, wish I could get it from her ;)

So a little heads up here - you may want to look into the newer Prevnar 13 in addition to any pneumonia vaccine you've already had. She tells me we need both to be fully covered, that the older shot doesn't offer protection from the contagious type my neighbor contracted. And added that the recommendation is new enough many health care providers aren't even up to date on the literature yet.

And I'm glad that baby is doing better, hope you have a better day too ;)

My curiosity got the better of me, Sue. Quoted below from Medicine.net:..with my underscoring. So glad to read that she's doing better. Children are so wonderfully resilient most of the time.

"A vaccine is available against the most common bacterial cause of pneumonia, Streptococcus pneumoniae (also known as Pneumococcus). There are two types of vaccine: PPSV23, a pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine against 23 types of the bacteria, and PCV13, a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine that protects against 13 types of the bacteria. These vaccines may not always prevent pneumococcal pneumonia, but they may prevent serious complications of pneumonia if it does occur.

PPSV23 is recommended for all people over age 65 and all people over age 2 who are at risk for pneumonia. Adults aged 19-65 with certain conditions (diabetes, heart or liver disease, alcoholism, cirrhosis, lung disease) should also receive the PPSV23. The PCV13 vaccine is recommended for all infants and for young children who did not receive it earlier in life and for adults with a weakened immune system or certain other risk factors."

Anne

Sue, I'm glad she's getting a bit better. Praying for her continued recovery.