 [ Symptoms ] my mother is in the hospital with pneumonia my son also has it and been on antibiotics for 4 days can he visit her  she is 80 years old and lives with us my son is 11 i have no one to leave him with and i want to be with both of them it is so difficult to have our family divided like this [ Disease ] the best thing you can possibly do to avoid a sore throat after kissing this jerk is to gargel with straight  hydroden peroxide for at least 2 minutes yes it taste awful and is nasty stuff but it will keep you from getting a sore throat works every time do this before going to bed and do not rinse your mouth or drink any thing else until morning john