Thread:KJ8/@comment-29694704-20160908231606/@comment-27990581-20160910172410

MarieHickyHiney wrote: Pssst. Keep this on the hush hush....whispering in your ear. Puff-Puff. You know, if that was possible, I would be very worried now...so thank God it wasn't an operation. They operate if that happens for the second time, but even then they don't cut you open, they just cut little holes in you (three - one for the tube, one for the camera and one for the instrument, they glue your lungs to the chest so that they can't collapse anymore). God, how that sounds. :D No, what they did this time was a type of drainage - they cut a hole between your ribs and push a tube in your chest and then they connect that tube to a appliance that sucks air out of your chest (thorax). When all the air is removed, your lungs can - I'm looking for the right word, can't find it - well, they aren't collapsed any more. Then (that's after 4-7 days) they remove the tube and stich the hole, you get a 2x2cm souvenire on your skin and that's it. It still hurts and stings a little, but it's healing. It doesn't look very bad. When they do that they move you from intensive care section to the "intern section" (for another 10-15 days). And you're xrayed every day from the day one for 1-3 times a day. :(