TIME

Time heals, so they say. But not in medicine nor in health or illness.
The above patient was diagnosed  with a HYDROTHORAX ( fluid in the lungs) 2 months before coming to me. A tube was inserted into his side and left there for 2 months. He had a simple fluid in the lungs but 2 months later he now have EMPHYEMA ( pus in the lungs). Advertently or inadvertently, the tube was left too long. The patient was told the tube has to stay there because the drainage was persistent. Of course, the tube was irritating the tissues around it causing the continuous fluid formation. His doctor's parameters in caring for a chest tube  were awry. The patient now has no other option but to to have THORACOTOMY; open the lungs, remove the pus, insert a tube and wait for about 3 to 5 days when the PNEUMOTHORAX ( air in the thoracic cavity - not inside the lungs) would have been evacuated via a WATER SEAL DRAINAGE.