seaturtle08
"On day 4 of a hospital stay. I'm still maintaining; my breathing is not better and no worse than it was on Saturday. I'm really fighting the system this time though- I got a PA who refuses to call in a pulmonology consult because I'm not wheezing (nope, rarely do, I get diminished breath sounds) and my pulse ox is generally stable (yep, my lungs over oxygenate- it won't drop until I'm in impending respiratory failure). I'm tired of fighting to breath and fighting for treatment, so I'm working with a patient liaison now. "