My daughter came down with I believe a cold because I just got sick with her and that is what it feels like to me. We of course got zero sleep last night and are both very tired. My daughter played with a 6 year old last week. Unknowing to us all she had walking pnemonia (sp? too tired to look for correct spelling) Now the child showed no symptoms when we were visiting. She had a deep cough her mom said later that week and was somewhat tired. She decided to take her to the doc. because they are traveling and found out surprisingly that she had walking pnemonia. My question is can this be contagious? The doctor said it could be with elderly. I did not think you could "catch" that. I thought it develops into that. What are the signs. I know we talked earlier about giving extra cortef during a cold. I can't remember what everyone said. Do you? Thanks!