>>> WE ARE BACK AT 8:10 NOW WITH "TODAY’S" TALK, AND SOMETHING
THAT HITS CLOSE TO HOME FOR US.
>> SAVANNAH HAS BEEN OUT SICK
ALL WEEK AND SHE JUST LEARNED
THAT IT IS PNEUMONIA.
HERE’S THE FUNNY THING ABOUT
SAVANNAH, SHE NEVER CALLS OUT
SICK EVER.
SICK EVER. EVER.
EVER. SO WHEN IT WAS ONE DAY, TWO
DAYS, AND THREE DAYS, WE KNEW IT
WAS SOMETHING.
WAS SOMETHING. NBC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTE
DR. AZAR JOINS US, AND WE’RE
GOING TO TALK TO OUR PATIENT
SAVANNAH WHEN SHE GETS ON THE
PHONE.
PHONE. WE HAVE HER.
HEY, SAVANNAH, YOU NEVER TAKE
OUT SICK EVER, EVER, EVER, HOW
ARE YOU FEELING?
>> I HAVE A TERRIBLE CASE OF
GUILT FOR MISSING THE WEEK AND
LEAVING YOU GUYS HIGH AND DRY,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT
DIAGNOSED YESTERDAY, WHICH WAS
SORT OF A RELIEF BECAUSE NOW I
CAN HAVE ANTIBIOTICS AND THEY
SAY BY SATURDAY THE FEVER SHOULD
FINALLY BREAK, BUT, YOU KNOW, I
WAS TALKING TO MY MOM YESTERDAY,
SHE’S LIKE SAVANNAH, YOU HAVE
NOT BEEN THIS SICK IN YOUR
ENTIRE LIFE, AND IT’S REALLY
TRUE.
TRUE. I REALLY HAVE NEVER BEEN SO LAID
OUT FLAT, AND REALLY IN JUST A
LOT OF MISERY, THE FEVER IS THE
THING, IT’S NOT A COLD.
I JUST COULDN’T GET THE FEVER TO
BREAK, AND SO I’VE JUST BEEN ON
AROUND THE CLOCK MEDICINE TO
KEEP THE FEVER DOWN AND THEN I
STARTED GETTING THIS REAL BAD
COUGH.
COUGH. HONESTLY I WAS SHOCKED IT’S
PNEUMONIA, I FEEL LIKE I BREATHE
PRETTY WELL.
PRETTY WELL. I’M NOT WHEEZING OR ANYTHING.
I WAS SHOCKED THAT’S WHAT IT
WAS.
WAS. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE FLU.
I HAD THE FLU TEST AND IT WAS
NEGATIVE.
NEGATIVE. EVERY DAY I WOULD TELL OUR
BOSSES OR TELL YOU, HODA, AND
CRAIG YOU GUYS WOULD TEXT ME,
I’LL PROBABLY BE IN TOMORROW,
AND THEN I WOULD HAVE ANOTHER
NIGHT OF LIKE SWEATING AND
FREEZING AND ACHING AND HORRIBLE
AND YEAH, SO AND CHARLIE IS SICK
TOO, SO HE’S BEEN WITH ME.
HE’S LIKE A BURNING HOT APEN
DANG --
DANG -- APPENDAGE, HE WANTS ME TO CARRY
HIM EVERYWHERE AND HE AND I ARE
IN MISERY, AND MIKE IS WEARING
THE HAZMAT SUIT.
>> HOW CONTAGIOUS IS THIS?
>> IT IS, I MEAN, LOOK, IT
DEPENDS, WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY
WHICH BUG SAVANNAH HAS BUT
THEY’RE ALL CONTAGIOUS, I MEAN,
COUGHING AND SNEEZING AND EVEN
THE TISSUES THAT YOU USE, YOU
KNOW, YOU HAVE TO THROW THEM
AWAY AND WASH YOUR HANDS.
>> AND SAVANNAH, WEREN’T YOU
SAYING, I REMEMBER YOU SAYING
THAT VAIL HAD PNEUMONIA A FEW
DAYS AGO.
DAYS AGO. >> HE HAD IT.
IT WAS LATE SUMMER.
SHE WAS VERY SICK AND I REMEMBER
KIND OF THINKING, WOW, I CAN’T
BELIEVE CHARLIE AND I NONE OF US
GOT IT AND THAT’S SO GREAT.
SO IT WAS LIKE TWO WEEKS LATER,
I NEVER DREAM THAT IT COULD BE
RELATED BUT ACTUALLY, MY DOCTOR
SAYS IT COULD.
IT CAN HANG AROUND.
>> THE INCUBATION PERIOD OF SOME
OF THEM, SOMETHING THAT’S CALLED
ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA SOMETIMES, IT
CAN BE FROM THE TIME YOU’RE
EXPOSED TO THE TIME YOU GET SICK
CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO FOUR
WEEKS, SO THE TIMING DEFINITELY
COULD WORK THERE.
>> WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
FLU AND PNEUMONIA.
>> FLEW IS A VIRAL INFLECTION,
PNEUMONIA TYPICALLY IS CAUSED BY
A BACTERIA, ALTHOUGH IT CAN BE
CAUSED BY VIRUSS AND FUNGI AS
WELL.
WELL. IT’S NOT THAT EASY TO TELL THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BAD COLD
AND FLU, AND A MILD CASE OF
PNEUMONIA BECAUSE THEIR
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS.
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS. >> SAVANNAH FEEL BETTER.
>> WE LOVE YOUSAVANNAH.
>> THANK YOU, LOVE YOU GUYS.
>> HOPE TO SEE YOU MONDAY.
>> GET WELL.
DON’T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> WHAT IF SHE TAKES A Z PACK ON
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY. >> I THINK THEY DID GIVE HER
THAT CLASS.
THAT CLASS. NOW THAT IT’S BACTERIA, YOU CAN
TAKE ANTIBIOTICS.
TAKE ANTIBIOTICS. >> IMPORTANTLY AND ONE REASON
WHY WE’RE SO PROPONENTS OF THE
FLU VACCINE IS PEOPLE WHO
DEVELOP FLU CAN RECOVER FROM THE
FLU AND THEN SECONDARILY GET A