Pneumonia that Won't Go Away?

[MindfulElegance]

Husband had headache with 103 fever off and on (mostly on) for more than a week. Finally, on the third time to the ER, they admitted him, diagnosing with pneumonia. He's been at the hospital for a week now, and although fever and headache gone, after CT scan and a couple other procedures, they just told him that his pneumonia hasn't gone away. The doctor said he's going to try different treatment, and tomorrow get a lung biopsy. Husband has asthma and allergies so I know his immune system has never been great. We are both SO scared...thinking the worst.
How can someone have pneumonia this long???? And isn't a lung biopsy for incredibly sick patients...like fatally sick?? Please let me know what he could be suffering with?

[ChitChatNine]

I hope things begin to improve.  Please let us know the results of the lung biopsy when you get it.  We are here for you ... C~

[1oftheclub222]

Lung biopsies are to get a better picture of whats going on, it's not always for fatally sick patients.  Your doctor is doing the right thing so you can all get to the bottom of this.  I dont' think it takes too long to get biopsy results back, in a few days you have more answers, or at least ruled out a few more things.  

Also, pneumonia takes a long time to go away, more than a week...it takes a few weeks, I have seen people be sick with it for 6-8 weeks, my mom was in the hospital with it for 2.5 weeks and it was another month or longer before she was better once she got home.