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I feel for you, I have had rabbits that I dearly loved and you get just as attached to them as you do a dog or cat. Pneumonia is treatable when caught in time. The weather this year with all it's colds and hots seem to cause cases of pneumonia and unfortunately rabbits don't show very many symptoms until they are very sick. It is not at all unusual for me to bring a cage and rabbit into the house for rehab and treatment or because they have a little and the weather has taken a sudden turn for the worse.
My family is used to it and honestly they are the same way. My son went out in the middle of a horrible thunderstorm to rescue 2 litters of Netherland Dwarfs. He had been told not to go out in the storm, but being my child he did anyway. It was a good thing because the litters had water standing in their nest boxes and there is no way they would have survived. We spent the next couple of hours making sure the rabbits were good and dry and they spent the remainder of the winter in his bedroom.
All of our rabbits come up to the front of the cage for pets when they are fed and watered. They have no fear whatsoever and love to be petted. I rig a carrying cage with a heat lamp over it for warmth and feed our sick bunnies a warm mash of pellets and electrolytes. It has pulled through some that I wasn't sure would make it.
I don't blame your parents a bit for the decision to treat your rabbit, I would have made the same decision if it were one of my kids rabbit. We just spent over $440 on our little dog and I would do it again in a heartbeat. Furbabies are part of the family :)

Oh, good to know he's better! Your dad may not like the rabbits, but he sure loves you!

I know how those animal attachments get you! And being away at school is SO tough! I can't remember how many animals we snuck into the dorms! And I lost a dog when I was in school, she got me through high school, and it broke my heart that I couldn't be there for her at the end!

Sometimes I get annoyed when I have both cats crawling on my lap (and laptop) and both dogs trying to get my attention, but then I think about life without them and it brings me back to the moment and what is important right now!

As the oldest of 3, may I just say "Harumph"!

I am glad Theo is doing better :)
As a parent I can tell you that our children's pain is much worse than our own and we will do whatever we can to help them. You can tell your Dad feels the same way. Good luck in your studies, though I am sure you will do well :)