My Husband Is Experiencing Pains Similar To Pleurisy. He Cannot

My husband is experiencing pains similar to pleurisy. He cannot lay down without pain and is having trouble taking breaths. He has had two kidney transplants, 18 inches of his colon removed, anal cancer, pneumonia, staff infection, 12 stents in his heart, a heart attach, a abdominal aortic aneurysim repaired, etc. I've encouraged him to let me take him to the Emergency Room but he is resisting. Can you tell me what you think?