home from the hospital

We were sprung from the hospital this morning. After Dr. Setia came by and examined her and talked with me, he released us. He said that her lungs sound perfectly clear, and her throat looks great. Basically, this is hyper-reactivity to the respiratory infection. The symptoms are simply hanging on. He prescribed an antibiotic on the 9th that treats a mycoplasmic infection. The normal course of treatment lasts 5 days and he prescribed 10 days. So, she is not contagious. The reason she tested positive for this is because she still has the antibodies (and will for some time). He said this is a very common infection that lots of people have. He sent us home with a nebulizer and an Rx for 3 types of inhaled medications (to open her airways and dry up secretions). He also said she can go back to school tomorrow. That seems weird to me since she was just in the hospital, but after thinking about it, I guess it makes sense. She's not a danger to anyone else (other than possibly annoying them with her cough), and she is in great spirits (when she's not coughing). The reason that she was in the hospital was to manage her symptoms and to ensure that she didn't need rescue during the night (e.g. oxygen or suction) when her coughing tends to be the worst.
I asked Dr. Setia if Jim and I should worry about ourselves. Bless his heart, he looked at me and said, "You're not sick, are you?" I said,"I know, but what about incubation periods?" He looked at me and shook his head in a way that seemed to say, 'No no no. You idiot'. I looked back and said, "Right. She's been sick for a while and we'd have gotten sick by now." He gave me a fond look that one would give a retarded child. Ha. I love this man. He's very intense but totally no nonsense. Anyhow. So, that's that. Adventure for March. Thank you all so very much for your concern and offers of help. We could almost hear the prayers all the way down here in Athens.