Would you push for a new med for hospice patient?

My dad has cancer and it's rapid. He also has pneumonia and hearing his wheezing and deep bronchial sounds when breathing is very sad. They're treating him with morphine and said it can help relax airways. But I read online it's often used with a nebulizer or steroid too. I said today that his wheezing is really chronic, and could we do a steroid for a day. They basically bypassed my request with just more morphine. It's not really helping and while I understand we are not going to actively treat it, I think something else should be given now that he's in a lot of distress.
It's just about labored breathing even though nurse said it's not really affecting him. I believe it is. Should I push again tomorrow for alternative med?

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Gibbon · 70-79, M

Honestly I don't think it will help. My big problem with pneumonia when I was in the hospital in October was the fluid. I've been on inhalers and nebulizers for my oxygen levels but only getting oxygen helped. I had my lungs drained twice in the hospital and that's what improved my oxygen levels. The procedure they did was new and painless. They did in my room. The first time a bunch of students observed. It was a long needle inserted in the back but a little local anesthesia made it painless.