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Stetson

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JA

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Date Posted: 18:53:20 08/01/08 Fri

Well...I am finally home. Never really had a chance to recoup from the trip and now we've been at the hospital for 5 days. No rest there either. Anyway, Stetson did have surgery on Wednesday for Pnuemothorax (Collapsed Lung) which after the surgery, the surgeon said there was no evidence of any injury. It was a spontaneous Pnuemothorax and happens most of the time to tall, thin, white males. The surgeon was able to remove a small portion of his lung and reattach the lung since it had dropped down. I appreciate all of your concerns and prayers and apologize that I have not kept you updated. When I left on Monday, we were just going for a office visit an hour away and I haven't left Brunswick until today so had no way to update everyone.
Anyway, we are home now! He has his youth on his side and should heal 100% and the chances of it happening again are only 5% whereas without the surgery it would have been 30-50%. I have learned much about the illness now even though I had never heard of it but it is pretty common according to his doctor.
I can't wait to sleep in my bed tonight and catch up on much needed rest. I apologize that I may be a little behind on everything but will get things posted and updated soon.
Again THANKS to all of you for your continued prayers! They have been a great source of comfort for all of us!!!
Again, CONGRATS to the GATOR DAWGS and to Justin Johnson for being selected as an Equibrand Winner at Shawnee!

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Author: Cherin [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 13:10:07 08/04/08 Mon I am so glad to hear that Stetson is OK, in all my years of working in the ER and on rescue, I have seen that alot. You are sooo right, tall thin males are the "unlucky ones" I know that it is very painfull! but know that he will be fine. I'm sure he's breathing a lot easier now!! Catch up on your rest! Glad ya'll are home safe and sound.