Please pray for my brother

[Mandy]

I can definatly understand Bobby's fear, poor kid is petrified.
Can they give him something that will relax him, so he wont worry so much?
That must be so terribly hard on your mom to see him this way.
Maybe the Doctors can have a gentle talk with him, and tell him that if he has it done, most probaby he wont get those terrible pains anymore?
Gosh Angie, i wish i had the right words to say, but really... i am praying for all of you.

[teri88]

Thanks for the update. I am praying that Bobby can have peace and know the right choice to make for himself.

[Janet]

I'm just going to keep checking for updates. If he knows the likelyhood of having the terrible pains again is much lower, maybe he won't be so frightened. Still keeping you all in my prayers.

[Tiramisu]

Angie, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family! I don't know your brother's history or what's causing the collapses, but when I had my lung surgery, they pulled my ribs open on my back/side and pulled my lung out. Then, they scrapped the pleurisy from the outside and tacked my lung to my inner chest cavity so it doesn't collapse again. I had two big drain tubes coming out for about 12 days.

Thank GOD for the morphine button. I was in ICU for about 20 days.

[Shada]

My prayers are with you and your family.

{{HUG}}

[Dobie]

I had a spontaneous pneumo about 4 years ago - my problem was that every time they reduced the suction that was keeping the lung inflated, it would go down again - I ended up having a surgery that prevented the lung from deflating.

4 years later, I continue to have severe asthma symptoms ( I never had any issues before the pneumo.)

I'll continue to keep your family in my prayers.

[gja1000]

Angie,
My husband had the same thing happen, a spontaneous lung collapse. He had the surgery that you are describing where the make the lung "stick" to the outer lining so that it won't collapse again. He came through the surgery with flying colors, and my husband has many many other problems, heart failure, kidney failure, asthma, and diabetes. I want you to know that he did just fine. The surgery wasn't as bad as when the lung collapsed.

I hope your brother decides to have the surgery. The likelihood that this lung will collapse after surgery is pretty low. It might happen, however, to the other lung.

Please take him my best wishes and encourage him to have the surgery.

[pope1982]

I know the emotions you must be overcome by, I am very close with my brother.
Glad to hear he has been able to come home and surgery is an option.
Your family is being thought of here in Baltimore as well Angie.

[AngieDoogles]

Thanks everyone! He looked much better and much more relaxed yesterday. I think being at home has really helped!