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Keeping my son company in Mt. Alvernia As I am writing this post, my son is lying beside me with a needle stuck in his left hand and a breathing apparatus over his mouth. He has been attacked by pneumonia and it looks like it is a serious case. The entire thing started innocently enough. A fever was started on Tuesday night, resulting in a two day medical leave from school. On Friday, his fever subsided and we sent him back to school thinking that everything was alright. When he came back from school, a fever had developed again. We went to see a paediatrician and he was given antibiotics. We also started using Young Living essential oils as alternate medication. By Monday afternoon, it seemed promising. The fever had subsided. By Monday evening, it started peaking again and we decided that it was too crazy and went to to the 24 clinic in Mt. Alvernia hospital.  The doctor in the hospital has decided that since oral antibiotics were not working well, then antibiotics n...