OK, well this brings up a plethora of questions:
1. What type of pneumonia? Bacterial or viral? If viral, this is very serious.
2. Is she febrile, or afebrile? If febrile, she could be contagious, and why did she has she spent so much time around other people since Friday? Why was she so close to that little girl on the street after she came out of Chelsey’s apartment?
3. The doctor says she is being treated with antibiotics. If so, which one(s), and how broad spectrum are they?
4. Were any sputum cultures done, and what pathogens grew out? Were any pathogens antibiotic resistant strains?
Actually bacterial pneumonia is worse than viral. Antibiotics are given regardless because of concern that viral pneumonia can develop into bacterial pneumonia. Having a fever with pneumonia has very little to do with contagion as illness is spread through inhalation of infected secretions. No idea what she was doing with the child other than she thought it was a good photo op. I don’t think the American people really care or need to know what antibiotics she’s being treated with. Cultures can take at least 48 hours if they were collected. Most often cultures are not obtained. Do we really care what bug or virus has infected her lung/lungs?