Answers. A chest x-ray is definitive for pneumonia. The definitiveness of the diagnosis is the good. The bad is that it is, indeed, pneumonia. We'll figure out the ugly in a moment.
So, Levaquin is prescribed, a 10-day course--already begun. Also some cough medicine with codeine for maybe a good night's sleep tonight. And a wee blast of O2 directed through the CPAP machine will be the icing on the cake. Three or 4 days should bring evidence of progress.
They are culturing blood to determine the bugs though this seems after the fact of the anti-biotic. I suppose they are most broad of spectrum anyway.
I was given the choice of hospitalization or home treatment. My doc and I both agree the bugs at home will be much less virulent than those in the hospital. But I still have to see him everyday for a few days--as though I were in the hospital--to ensure that progress is being made.
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