It's always better to be safe and go back to the doctors. Hope the little one gets better soon, you're doing a great job so try not to panic hunny.

hugs n hope

If the info card you got from the chemist said you should go back if specific symptoms arose, then that is exactly what you need to do.

It could be something as simple as the gut bacteria being wiped out completely by the antibiotics (the good and the bad- unfortunate side effect of antibiotics) or could be an indication of a more serious issue, either for your child or with the antibiotics.

Any time a member of your family starts a new medication, you should speak to your pharmacist about other medications that member is on, the side effects of the medication and any allergies.  Here in Australia, most medications now have an information sheet about all this that you can take with you.  Read this info and keep it in a place where you can check back to it if you need to.  Any time the person on the medication experiences side effects mentioned on the info sheet that state need to be checked on or has a side effect not mentioned in the info sheet, contact both your gp and the pharmacist where you bought the medication from.

By providing this information, you are helping to improve the services and products the pharmacies provide and could potentially stop a major issue with the medication that wasn't detected before.

Always, if in doubt, check it out.

Hey teshia, it is very scary when they have phemonia.  My girl is almost 3 and she has had it about 4-6 times already!  I would not be to worried about him not going in the hospital as most of the time it's in the early stages when it's caught.  Though I know your boys get it hard, so it's good that he is on 2 meds this time around.  In my experience it's pretty normal for diareah to occur, especially when the meds are strong.  It's cause they are killing the good bacteria in the bowel, and thus throws off the balance of things.  I would wait to see if it's ongoing for a day or so, or if he is complaining of severe cramping.  Make sure that you are giving lots of fluids with this and lots of starchy things as well.  If it eases your mind, call the doc and let them know, but I don't see it something as needing to take him there.  If you need and ear, certainly mintimail me, as like I've said, my girl has been thru this many times!  Hang in there, and another thing that is really good to help with the pnemonia and getting all the mucus up is guaefen(spelling) it's an expectorant and it really helps to get out the extra mucus that is deep in the lungs.  Hang in there sweetie!

My eldest recently had pnuemonia. She only ended up in hospital cause she collapsed while playing Singstar karaoke. She exerted her lungs, cutting off her oxygen, & couldn't breathe. She was only in hospital a couple of days (she's 13). She actually had a combination of viral & bacterial pneumonia, making it harder to treat. She's fine now.

I really thought a 3 year old would be admitted to hospital. Make sure he doesn't run around, doing anything that will exert his lungs. If the chemist said to tell the doctor or chemist if he got diarrhoea then take him back to the doctor, or maybe call the chemist for advice first.

Don't be too worried about him having pneumonia. It's scary, yes, but he will be fine. Keep him out of the cold as much as possible, plenty of rest, plenty of water.