My 85 year old mom has has COPD for 13 yeats years and typically gets a flareup once or twice a year. Then she takes prednisone. Yesterday she started having difficulty breathing. I called her doctor for a prednisone prescription and he said to go to the ER. He was assuming she may have COVID. She has only been seeing this doctor for 4 months. She has no other symptoms and does not want to go to the ER. Has anyone else run into this?