MARION

[Guest guest]

n,

She also cultured Haemophilias Influenzae, which she has had for a

while, The pneumonia was something different. I might call the dr.

again and write it down so I can tell you. The Rulide though has

cleared the cough up completely. She has to go back on the 18/11 and

then stop the Rulide and see if the cough returns if it does then IV's.

Hopefully if she does need IV's it can be put off until 13/12 when the

school year finishes here.

" pnumonia " in sputum

; I think that Jen has a valid point; there is also another

bacterium,

PNEUMOCOCCUS, which can indicate infection, but not necessarily

pneumonia. Here in the usa, we do get " pneumo-vac " which protects

against this bug, Klesciella, and numerous other bacteria likely to

cause

pneumonia in the general population--but not the " bugs " that most of us

with

cystic fibrosis usually get. There is also a childhood

vaccine available here against haemophilus influenza, a bacterium,

which in the general population causes middle ear infections and on

occasion, infectious hepatitis in the general population.

Blah, blah, blah--I do get carried away,

Love to you, and to all in your familie in Australia,

n Rojas