We pray for your son's recovery, and your family gets to enjoy a few days with your husband back home.So far the power of YT prayer have done miracles, and you can count on this time been another one of those.
Prayers and hugs from Miami

Your son is in my thoughts and prayers.:getwellso:hands::hands::hands:

We're sending good thoughts your way for your son and your family!

OMG Mickie My prayers are with your family. I wondered what was going on when i saw your myspace mood I immediately came on here yesterday to search for a post I thought it was Tinker but now i know. I dont have your number anymore if you have time send me a message on myspace and give it to me.

Sending good thoughts your way!

I'll be thinking of him and praying for a speedy recovery. I had a collapsed lung about 7 years ago (I had just turned 30 years old). They called it "spontaneous pneumothorax" meaning basically it "collapsed for no reason". Turns out I was born with these "blebs" (kinda like little blisters) on my lungs and it took 30 years for one to pop. This happens more often with newborns because the bleb will pop right after birth. I was told it's not all that uncommon and that it usually happens to "young, thin, healthy (usually) males although sometimes females". Well, I didn't really consider myself "young" anymore but they did. They tried to fix it with a chest tube but when that didn't inflate it, they had to do surgery and staple the blebs. Long recuperation but I am fine now (although they don't know if the other lung has these blebs too).

Sorry to be so long, but if your son is going through something similar (and you didn't say yet WHY his lung collapsed), I thought you might want to ask me some questions. I'd be more than happy to answer any you might have for me. I know my family was at a total loss as to why this happened to me out of the blue and once they started telling people, they heard of other people having this and were able to talk to some and get more info and understand it better. Let me know if I can help.

praying for you and your family

Prayer's coming for your son and family.
I will continue to pray for a full recovery.

Praying for you and your family.

your family is in my prayers...i kno this wont help becuase nothing anyone can say will lessen your worrying but my friend had that happen about a year ago and he is perfectly fine now...no complications from it or anything...hell pull thru dont worry and get some rest!(also praying for your husband when he goes back to Iraq)

oh I'm so sorry to hear this! I'll be praying for your son!!! I know that this must be very hard for you, but be strong and trust in God!
Hugs

THANK YOU YT FAMILY FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS AND POSITIVE THOUGHTS FOR MY SON AND MY FAMILY..............TATUM'SMOM, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY HEALTHY 13 YEAR OLD, HE HAD THE CHEST TUBE IN FOR 10 DAYS AND NOTHING, SO FINALLY YESTERDAY HE HAD SURGERY AND LOSS PART OF HIS LUNG DUE TO THE BLEBS NOT LETTING THE LUNG HEAL, WELL MY SON DOES HAVE SOME ON HIS LEFT SIDE AS WELL BUT NOT POPPED OBVIOUSLY, :(:( I FEEL SO CONFUSED BECAUSE HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO HEALTY, HE JUST TURNED 13 A MONTH AGO AND HE IS 117 LBS AND 5\' 7" TALL SO THEY SAY HE FITS THE CRITIRIA:confused:. I HOPE THE ONES ON HIS LEFT SIDE DONT POP, BEFORE THIS I NEVER KNEW OF SUCH ILLNESS, SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX:( NOW HE HAS 2 CHEST TUBES IN AND THEY ARE SAYING HE SHOULD BE READY TO GO HOME BY FRIDAY....WAS YOUR RECOVERY AS QUICK?? HE JUST HAD SURGERY AND IS IN ALOT OF PAIN:(:(

praying for your son and fam. hope he gets better soon, hugs

Thoughts and Prayers sent out to all of you.

Sending many good thoughts and prayers to you and your family.