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 Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:19 pm
My mom is having a party so I don't know how long I'll be on.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:37 pm
I went and saw the new Batman movie.
It was awesome.
I was very pleased.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:15 pm
I wouldn't be able to after what happened. Rather sad.
Now my brother is in the hospital.
I think I'll make a Modern Witch interview for Len.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:38 pm
It was a terrible thing that happened, but not seeing the movie wouldn't change anything. It was still a great movie.
Your brother was in the theatre?
Or am I missing something?
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:45 pm
sweatdrop No. He was here at the party and he started to look pale and his blood pressure was high. The funny thing was that there were like four nurses (American RN's) and a doctor from Serbia.
One more party tomorrow. At least there is less people for that one.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:48 pm
I got confused. xD
Anyway, why so many parties?
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:26 pm
I just found out my brother has a collapsed lung.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:35 pm
That's not good.
But you said he's in the hospital, right? It's a good thing to know. They'll be able to fix it.
Was it a spontaneous pneumothorax or did something happen?
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:42 pm
I don't know.
We were having a party at my house, and before everyone (but my sister and I) went to the baseball game, my mom left with my brother. I didn't know they left and I just heard so stuff from the guest (who are nurses and doctors) that one of the boys (and there is like 5 of them) looked pale and they laid him down and too his blood pressure and it was high so they took him to the hospital because that's not good (better it just be high blood pressure then a collapsed lung). Then my sister told me that it was my bro. I only learned like 42 minutes ago.
The only other thing that I know is that he has a tube in him.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:45 pm
I find it odd, as low blood pressure is actually a symptom of a pneumothorax. {I like saying this word. It sounds cool.}
But so is rapid heart rate...
Anyway, does he have a tall&thin build and/or smoke?
Those types are most likely to have the collapsed lungs.
But sometimes they just happen.
Any possible chest trauma?
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:49 pm
Medical nerd. Sure you don't want to be a doctor?
medium, chubby (I wouldn't say he was fat per si)
Refuses to smoke, drink alcohol, or drugs.
However he has a junk food habit and has had it for a long time.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:59 pm
Doctor? No way. I don't have the patience. I'd rather just study dead people.
{Don't take that morbidly, I just think bones are cool.}
And I just like to know what I'm talking about.
There's also the fact that, as an Anthropology major {who intends to study bodies/bones/functions/evolutions/development/etc} this is what makes me want to hit the books.
Also, I've read enough books where someone gets hit in the chest and ends up with a pneumothorax which ends up with someone jabbing them in the chest with a syringe to draw out the air that's separating the lung and the chest wall.
The lung does not like to be separated from the chest wall.
It's kind of like a clingy girlfriend.
ANYWAY.
Unless it's happened before, I'm guessing it was a spontaneous one.
A build up of air in the chest cavity separating the lung from the chest wall.
The lung, being a clingy girlfriend as previously mentioned, throws a whiny fit.
Since spontaneous ones can generally right themselves, I'm betting he'll be fine.
{And, even if it doesn't, it's not very threatening as long as the other one is working fine and there are no fancy lung diseases involved. It's not a tough fix, anyway.}
....Sometimes, I feel like I talk too much.
But I'm told that my rationalizations help in times of distress.
Or I'm told to shut up. So if I'm not helping, go ahead and ignore me. I'm totally cool with it.
EDIT:
Unless it's a tension pneumothorax.
Those are nasty ones.
But you said he had high blood pressure, which is the opposite of what happens in a tension pneumothorax.
The opposite thing being low blood pressure.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:05 pm
Well I don't know.
So it really doesn't help me relax.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:12 pm
My guess is it's PSP.
Which is primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
Since you haven't mentioned any previously existing lung problems, and he's not a smoker, it's most likely not the secondary one. Males are at a higher risk, anyway.
But unless he's had an x-ray or a CT scan, I'd be sceptical. It's not an easy thing to diagnose otherwise.
TL;DR:
Blah blah blah, medical crap.
Relax. Things are going to be fine if no one has raised a red flag by now}.
I'm not very helpful with these sorts of things. I don't do emotions very well.
Sorry.
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:16 pm
I'm not depressed. I'm worried.
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