I just lost my husband to this disease..he was 51. It started out with weeks of coughing, he went to the Dr and thought he had a respiratory infection. A couple weeks later his cough still wouldnt subside so we went back to the Dr and he did a chest xray which showed pneumonia. After a couple of weeks with no improvement ans wrsening shortness of breath, I took him to the ER and they did another chest xray which still showed "walking" pneumonia, they gave him IV Levaquin and sent him home. He started to get worse so my Dr admitted him to the hospital. 3 weeksof several different medications, tests ,treaments and tests..he died. What's so hard about this disease is their is no indication on how he got it which leaves me with very little closure.
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I just lost my husband to this disease..he was 51. It started out with weeks of coughing, he went to the Dr and thought he had a respiratory infection. A couple weeks later his cough still wouldnt subside so we went back to the Dr and he did a chest xray which showed pneumonia. After a couple of weeks with no improvement ans wrsening shortness of breath, I took him to the ER and they did another chest xray which still showed "walking" pneumonia, they gave him IV Levaquin and sent him home. He started to get worse so my Dr admitted him to the hospital. 3 weeksof several different medications, tests ,treaments and tests..he died. What's so hard about this disease is their is no indication on how he got it which leaves me with very little closure.
November 13, 2012 - 4:03pmThis Comment
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