throat bacteria, and other tidbits to folks

[Guest guest]

Does anyone know of any other bacteria that can grow in the throat and cause

an infection - besides strep? Macey went to the ped clinic Saturday because

she was complaining of a sore throat, had all these bumps at the top of her

throat and some of them had white caps to them. The ped on call at the

clinic said she had a throat infection but the rapid strep was negative.

She said that the Septra she was already on would cover it and to recheck

with our ped if symptoms persisted. There has only been one temp which was

Saturday night of 100.8 but the throat pain continues. There are more bumps

today than ever but the white caps on the first ones are gone and the new

ones don't have any.

Our ped is off on Tuesday so if she's still fussing Wednesday and the bumps

are still there then I'm going to take her back in. Her left ear looks like

it's draining also but very slowly and just to the edge of the opening. No

news yet on the results but I got her annual medical update forms for the

school system back from him today by fax and he still has her primary

diagnosis as " Hypogammaglobulinemia " and secondary as " asthma " . which might

be good if you consider last year he put the primary as " CVID " . But maybe

its all semantics.

Autumn - hope all the testing goes well. let us know how things come out.

- good to hear Autumn is home safe and sound and in her own bed. I'd

wait and see what the ped immunologist says about starting IVIG. since he

is the specialist your doctor is sending him to then he'd have the final

say. Save your battles. Macey has silent reflux. it shows up on tests but

she doesn't have the every day regurgitation that alot of GERD patients

have. Hers was found when her asthma hit and then it also contributes with

her sinuses. In October we stopped her reflux meds because we thought it

was gone. She had been on them since she was a year old. By December she

was sooo nasty in her sinuses and had been doing so well with them. This

lead her ENT and pediatrician to repeat her testing for reflux. The pH

probe was normal but the upper GI showed mild reflux. She was started back

on her medicine and didn't have another sinus infection until taken off

IVIG. The pH probe can be uncomfortable but the upper GI might be worth

looking into. She just drinks some contrast and they watch to see if she

takes it up in the wrong kind of way. There are several GERD links on the

Gastrointestinal disorder PEDPID page.

http://www.pedpid.com/gastrointestinal_disorders.htm

- glad to hear Nettie's off to camp. hope she has a great time.

Ginger - how's Adam doing? Surely this recent hospitalization would show

the insurance company how beneficial IVIG is to Adam.

Helen - my dad recently had kidney stones. he was miserable. after 5 days

in the hospital they finally moved and then they did some type of procedure

and it was over. Now my FIL swears by a 6 pack of beer to clear a stone

(and he truly is not a drinking person but his urologist mentioned this to

him). Just 1 6 pack he said would clear it out. might only be a male thing

though.

- proud new mommy - how are things going? how are you feeling? Is

recovering well from his surgery? Let us hear from you.

On to bed. Nightie Night folks

Ursula Holleman uahollem@...

and Macey's mom (5 yr. old with CVID, asthma, sinus disease, GERD,

kidney reflux, Sensory Integration Disorder, Diabetes Insipidus)

http://www.pedpid.com

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