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Mycoplasma Pneumonia with encephalopathy

  Thursday, June 4th , Mimi came home from school complaining of a bad headache.  i took her temp and she had a 101 fever.  she didnt have much of a cough, just a small, dry, little cough here and then and it sounded like maybe some post nasal drip.  i assumed it was a sinus headache so plied her with fluids and gave her Motrin if her fever made her feel bad.  while she had a fever, i kept her home from school and had her drink lots and lots of clear fluids, fully expecting her fever to blow over in 2-3 days.  after the 3rd day the symptoms continued.  i knew if i went to the ped they would say to check in after 5 days of fever, so i decided to give it two more days, still thinking this will blow over any day now.  after 5 days of continued symptoms i took her to see the pediatrician on day 6.  they tested her for flu and strep, both came up negative.  they did a complete blood count and her white count was normal.  her lungs sounde...