Ear Infection: A Case Study

Bacterial meningitis is the swelling of the meninges. In the back of the brain, there are three protective membranes called the meninges (Mandal). During bacterial meningitis, bacteria invade the brain. This causes the immune system to enter and try to stop the disease (Mandal). In doing so, the meninges swell to stop the spread the virus, but this unfortunately causes damage to the brain and spinal area (Mandal). A person would get bacterial meningitis if their body was invaded by some of the germs that can cause it.

When Doris and Mary arrived at Cooper Green Hospital they were greeted by waiting family members. Mary was wheeled into the delivery room with her mother Odell Henley and sister at her side. She spoke with the doctor and nursing staff about the birthing procedures. Then, she was given an epidural and went off to bed.

Miranda's doctor was shocked. The doctor stated that he had never seen anything like it during his entire career. However, Miranda's pregnancy was high risk. She was at an increased risk for having a miscarriage or going into labor prematurely. Fortunately, things went well. She delivered the babies at 34 weeks via C-section. Miranda and Josh received another surprise.

Kaye-lea's father was shocked his daughter was dead, telling Action News Jax the mother sounded normal when he spoke to her as she drove with her dead child in the trunk.

The 30-year-old woman was seven months pregnant when an emergency C-section was performed to try to save her unborn child's life after her boyfriend said she had a seizure. Dischman suffered cardiac arrest and was revived in the emergency room, according to CBSPittsburgh.

Dailey struggled following Jerrica's death, going through months of therapy to deal with the stillborn birth, keeping the box that contained her daughter's ashes closed for two years. She found the courage to look inside when her husband suggested the couple find somewhere special to spread their baby's remains.

The first reason is that Vickie Sorensen dispensed the idea of taking the mother to the hospital after she had been warned how risky the situation was. The baby was about 33 weeks when the mother started having

The strange part is that the infection didn't happen on her head, according to LincolnshireLive.

Johns still remembers a photographer and reporter knocking on her maternity ward door just days after the birth of her second girl - “Hello, here to get a photo of Johnsy’s new bub”.

Kaylee was put on a heart transplant list, and she waited there for a donor heart. She waited and waited, until her little body could not take the waiting anymore. She passed away on August 18, 2011. It was a sad day, for all of the Krumm family. We had her funeral at St. Veronica Church, and buried her in Section 13 of Mount Moriah Cemetery. She now sleeps, 6 feet under, her headstone depicting a heart and a baby

During pregnancy, Mrs. Star had no significant health problems. Bob’s delivery was normal. However, Bob’s developmental milestones were delayed. In Bob’s early childhood care he stayed at home with him mother. Bob did not attend Pre-Kindergarten.

The onset of her labor was on a Saturday morning. She thought she had had too many tacos, but then she lost her mucus plug. Labor was slow because her cervix would not dilate. She went to the hospital more than once, but the maternity ward would not admit her because her cervix was stuck at two centimeters. The obstetrics staff advised her to walk around which she did. She took multiple hot baths to help with the pain. She was in labor and awake on and off from Saturday morning until Monday night when she finally gave birth at Kaiser hospital in Riverside, California.

Acute Otitis Media (AOM), inflammation or infection of the middle ear, is an illness most parents have had experience with. Countless hours of lost sleep and worry secondary to their child’s pain and distress can keep even the most seasoned parents awake at night. Before the age of 36 months, 83% of children will experience 1 or more ear infections and AOM is the most common reason for office visits of preschoolers in the United States (Zhou, Shefer, Kong & Nuorti, 2008). The graphic below serves as a review of evidence and explores the usefulness of the information in relation to the option of watchful waiting in the management of AOM.

“ Everything will be fine, you see they are fine” my mother told Jorge to calm him down. She knew that it was his first born. Since I was her only child she understood Jorge.My mother always told me how speacial your first child would be.That was also where I had realized that, during that moment Jorge and my mother had actually shared a nice moment. Jorge and my mother had not really gotten along. She thought no one was good enough for Rocio. I was kind of happy to know that my family was getting closer which was a nice feeling. After three days of observation and nursing Rocio and Lindsay came home.

Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, membranes that surround the brain. This can extend as far as infecting the cerebral spinal fluid on top of causing the tissue to swell. Meningitis comes in two major forms; bacterially and virally. However, having bacterial meningitis is much more severe than viral meningitis. There is a lot more danger in having a bacterial infection within the brain than a viral infection within the brain. What makes bacterial meningitis so lethal is that “even when the disease is diagnosed early and adequate treatment is started, 5% to 10% of patients die, typically within 24 to 48 hours after the onset of symptoms. Left untreated, up to 50% of cases may die, (6) or there