This past week has been in the hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tn. Scarry! My husband had been dx'd 2 weeks ago with another flare of wegs. After reading all your posts I am now so determined to find him a weg specialist. He was put on 80 mg prednisone right away. Fevers kept getting worse. After blood tests came back showing "something", the hospital called us to get there right away. Long story short after a week of every test imaginable with every type dr, they did ct scan and lung biopsy and determined it to be blastomycosis. Has anyone ever dealt with it? It is fungal and his lungs were full of it. Treatment is itraconazole orally for several months. The kicker is he is having to come off the high dose prednisone he shouldn't have been on to begin with. Anyone dealt with this disease? Apparently it is transmitted airborne. Just one more medication to add to the list.