My mom is concerned about pnemonia too
and wanted them to do an xray as well, especially with that
pain in my back when I breathe (course with a cough like this), but they chose to throw a bunch of these meds at it... so far it's all ......cough, cough, cough........
My PCP has me coming back in on Monday, before I fly out Tuesday.
As far as the cortisone shot (no clue on the dosage, did not have the brains to ask...