Flu deaths still hitting close to home for me.

[Moesha]

I have a friend, who happens to be the sister-in-law of one of my best friends, that has been in the hospital since Monday with pneumonia. She has been getting progressively worse. Tonight she was transferred to Nashville and is ICU there. The doctor is pretty sure this started with H1N1. She had a fever and chills and was sick last week. She stayed in because that is what she thought you were supposed to do. Friday she called her doctor and he told her it was probably sinus problems and gave her a prescription. She knew it wasn't sinus problems and went to a different doctor on Monday. That's when she was hospitalized. She hasn't responded to any antibiotics and the Nashville doctor thinks that the pneumonia is bacterial due to the H1N1 she had first. If she doesn't improve quickly with the new treatment, she will be put on a ventilator.

[Taz_Zoee]

Oh no, Moesha. This sounds so familiar. My friend that passed away back in June due to H1N1 was put on a ventilator as well. I'm hoping that your friend will pull through. Since it sounds like she wasn't sick as long as my friend. Hopefully they can get it under control.

I will be hoping everything turns out okay in this situation. I can't stand to hear of another fatality due to this flu.

Oh, another similarity is being misdiagnosed. Same thing happened with Eric. He was told he had a sinus infection and sent home with antibiotics. You'd think with this strain of flu being in the spotlight so much right now that doctors would take more precautions and test for it sooner.

[Catty1]

My cousin in Moose Jaw just got hit - he felt unwell for a couple of days, then WHAM. Pneumonia too. Doc sent him home with antibiotics. At least he is not in hospital...I hope he heals.