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highlans
02-22-2007, 02:54 AM
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My 17 year old was rushed to hospital on Sunday evening with a collapsed lung, he had been well no cough's or colds.
We had just finished our evening meal and he complained of a pain in his shoulder hurting decided maybe he had sat wrong as he had been on the computor all day finishing his school work so told him to take a tablet and sit quiet.
He is then throwing up pale and sweaty so called the dr out and the next thing we are in hospital and he is having his lung drained. They think that as he is so thin and had a growth spurt ( 2inches since dec) that his lung could not cope?.
He still has the drain in and hopeing the hole in the lung mends it self or he will have to go to London for an operation to have it repaired he now feels well in his self but so bored in hospital. I cannot belive how quick this came on and thank god I was here at the time, will not want to let him out of my sight when he gets home. I hope we have good news when I go in later.

Janet
02-22-2007, 06:38 AM
OMG, how scary for you and your son!!! :eek: I'll say a prayer for him and please keep us updated on his condition. I worry too about my son, he is 16 and so skinny. I keep an eye on him healthwise all the time. That God you were with him with this happened.

Maybe you can rent him a laptop or some videos while he's in the hospital or find other ways to keep him from getting bored. Poor guy, I hope he's back to his ole self real fast!!

SweetCuteness
02-22-2007, 01:17 PM
Oh my gosh!! I hope your son's lung heals on its own so he's able to come home soon. That's very scary but I'm glad he's okay. You are both in my thoughts.

blowry
02-22-2007, 02:58 PM
OH NO! What a scary thing to happen! I pray everything goes well for him!:getwell:

Gina
02-22-2007, 06:41 PM
Yes very scary. I am glad that you were home, I will say a prayer that all heals well and that he will be home soon.

highlans
02-23-2007, 12:18 AM
Thankyou all for your goodwishes, we went in last night and he is feeling better his xray shows his lung is inflating well and if it is the same today will be able to come home no opp thankfully. They have told us he has a 30/50% chance this could happen again in his lifetime but at least we will know what it is. I thank god I was with him when it happened and seeked help straight away.
He has tv and games with him but as he is in a high dependency unit there is a lot of noise ect going on so he finds it hard to concentrate.
Again thankyou all. xx

Janet
02-23-2007, 06:06 AM
So happy things are looking bright for him. Hopefully it will never happen again, but like you said, at least you know what the signs are. Be sure and tell him the ladies at 4WT have him in our prayers.

Tink
02-23-2007, 06:54 AM
Yikes!
I'm glad he's on the mend now and hope he will get to come home today.

If you'd like more info on what actually happened to cause this, there's a site I found that explains it in laymans terms. "Spontaneous Pneumothorax" is something we were trained to deal with in my EMT classes. It's pretty frightening for the patient, and their families, but usually has a good outcome if treated promptly.

http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35772

Mandy
02-23-2007, 01:43 PM
How scary, and fast things can happen :eek:

Glad your son is getting better, please send him our get well wishes, we will be thinking of him, and you!! Keep us posted. :getwell:

Emmsmom
02-24-2007, 05:38 AM
Oh my! I am so glad he is getting better!:smile2:
I know how frightening it can be. My daughter had a collasped lung due to pneumonia. It was the scariest things I think I have had to deal with. I am glad you were with him. At least now you know what to do should it ever happen again. Take care HUGS

highlans
02-24-2007, 09:17 AM
:D :D
Have my baby home and he is feeling a lot better, thankyou all for your support it is strange how being in contact with you guys sure helps. Tink thanks for looking that up. It has been a worrying week and I am now spoiling him to bits.
He will have to take it easy for a while and I hope this never ocurs again.

Tink
02-24-2007, 10:11 AM
Highlans, I'm so glad he's home and feeling better!
It's so scary when our kids are ill. :eek:

Gina
02-25-2007, 10:14 AM
So glad that he is home, and feeling better. I hope this never happens to him again. Take care.

Mandy
03-06-2007, 11:57 AM
Highlans, been thinking about you, how is your son doing??? Hope he is recovering well, and will be back to he's old self soon!

rivermom
03-06-2007, 12:10 PM
I missed another thread, UGH! So sorry !!

I see now your son is home and hope he is having a fast recovery. It's great to hear he is feeling better!

Many well wishes to him too!!

AngieDoogles
03-06-2007, 04:30 PM
Wow! I didn't see this thread because I only recently joined, but the exact same thing happened to my little brother about a month ago. He is sixteen and also very tall and thin. Only the top portion of one of his lungs collapsed, but it still gave us all quite a scare. Luckily, he is doing much better now, though he still has to go get check ups regularly to make sure everything is still alright. They say there is a 25% chance that the same thing could happen to him again and if it does he'll have to have surgery. But luckily, for now everything is good.

I'm glad to hear that your son is doing better as well. Keep us posted.

highlans
03-07-2007, 02:52 AM
Mandy thankyou for still thinking about us, my son is feeling well and returned to school on Monday.:)

highlans
03-07-2007, 03:03 AM
Angiedoodles sorry to hear your brother had the same hope he stay's well and does not have a relapse.
We were told there is a 30/50% chance of another collapse in his life time but if it happens again we will know what the problem is and will get him straight to hospital.
He is gutted at the moment because he cannot fly for three months and he was going to Colarado (sp) America skiing end of this month with my hubby and son in law, they are still going with out him. So you can imagine he is not a happy bunny!!

Marilyn
03-07-2007, 05:04 AM
So sorry your son will miss the skiing trip. He must be terribly dissapointed. Hopefully you can plan something for him to help compensate. Life is so unfair sometimes!!

Mandy
03-07-2007, 05:30 AM
Highlans, so glad to hear your son is doing well! Give him our best wishes, and tell him to keep going.
Not nice that he can't go with on the skiing trip, that is disappointing for him. There will be a next time, and then he will enjoy it twice as much.

Angiedoogles, sorry to hear your little brother had the same, it must be aweful. Hope he doesnt have a relapse, will be thinking of him too.

Janet
03-07-2007, 05:43 AM
Sorry he can't go on the ski trip, but so happy he is doing so well.