The Dog Days are Over!

Day 2: 3rd visit: 4th numothorax: 1st solution!
Here's the story. (It's a good one!)
Monday morning my mom noticed she was coughing every time she stood up. A phone call and a nurse later she went to the instacare for an x-ray.
The x-ray was sent and the doctor ordered another x-ray for Wednesday just before her doctor appointment.
The doctor told us she had more air in her lung and should have surgery soon. He did let us know that if she wanted a second opinion, he completely understood. That was something of a relief.
Rewind to Tuesday night.
Our home teacher came over and gave my mom a blessing with my dad. In the blessing she was told she would know exactly what to do. She would know and have peace. At the time she was considering going to SLC to see a Pulmonologist, luckily we went to the doctor/surgeon first because he said not to travel, it could be extremely dangerous.
Back to the doctor appointment *fast forward*
The doctor answered every one of her questions and they scheduled her surgery for the next day (Thursday at 1:30).
Thursday morning she suddenly started having more trouble. For other procedures she had procrastinated the day away, not wanting to know what they were going to say. Thursday she was ready 5 minutes early, clean, teeth brushed, ready to go. She was confident that God knew what he was doing and he would bless her (and he did!)

The surgery went well and this is what the doctor was doing inside of her :

In the upper left hand corner is a Bleb. Yes that is the real name of it. A bleb is pretty much a type of blister on the outside of your lung. The doctor described it as "HUGE". The upper right and lower left are pictures of him taking the bleb off. The lower right picture is the hole all stapled up.

Now you may be wondering why it took 4 trys to find this.

Let me tell you!

95% of all numothorax's are in the upper part of the lungs. 4% are in the lower part. 1% is on the underside. Guess where my mom's was?

That's right. The underside, part of the 1%, right where the CAT scan couldn't find it!

Fantastic news, she shouldn't have any more problems! She will be in the hospital for a few more days and then be home and on the mend! 

Thank you for your prayers! We have felt them all month long!