Guest guest Posted November 6, 2002 Report Share Posted November 6, 2002 on 30/10/02 2:47 AM, O'Neill at smoneill@... wrote: > hi guys > Living in New Zealand we are a bit behind you all out there and we have been > asked to be in a TOBI trial with Liam, hes only 8 weeks old? Go figure that. Sounds somewhat bizarre to me - I thought it was not recommended (by the manufacturer) for infants. > We were told to put him on antibiotics preventaive straigh away and we havent > because we wont to use them when it is nessesary. > What do you think about doing this, is it good to go on this mediciation so > early, we dont really know what to do now? I mean hes not sick, got no lung > troubles yet. We discussed this ad infinitum with the CF doctors, and ended up going with the antibiotic (it was an anti-staph one, maybe keflex?) for Sian's first 12 months. The background to the decision went something along the lines of - if we can avoid a hospitalisation in the first year due to a staph infection, then this is a good thing. Mum to Cate 10yrs wocf but deeply adolescent (and in size 8 women's shoes, which is the same size as me!) and Sian 6yrs wcf, asthma, GERD and ADD? Canberra Australia > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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