Dad Update

Well, the down side is my Dad is still in critical care, the upside is they figured out what is wrong with him. My father is a stubborn, stubborn man. 2 months ago he had a chest cold that he refused to go to the doctor for. My Mom managed to get him to at least call the doctor who prescribed an antibiotic. Ever since then he has not been right. He has lost weight, been lethargic and generally unhealthy. Apparently, 2 months ago my Dad had pnemonia, not a chest cold. The anitbiotics took care of the infection but not the fluid. The fluid in his right lung effused to his chest cavity and has sat there for 2 months putting pressure on his lung and causing all other issues. If you can't get enough oxygen, you dont' have any energy, can't eat cause as you are chewing you loose even more oxygen 'cause you aren't breathing.
Last Thursday my Father was hit with a stealth, strong sneeze that doubled him up and put enough added pressure on his right lung to collapse it. Despite the sharp pain he still refused to go to the doctor. He finally went on Sunday to the ER where they discovered a blood saturation of 74%, hense the critical care. The doctors drained 1/2 gallon of fluid out and got his lung to reinflate. The doctor's tested the hell out of that fluid and discovered: A: it was not congestive heart failure - his heart looks fantastic and B: it was not cancer. It is left over icky fluid that is no longer infectious.
He has surgery at 8 am on Tuesday to remove the scar tissue and fluid so his lung can finish inflating and he can return to normal life. The surgery will be painful but necessary so I'll be at the Hospital with Dad for Tuesday and Wednesday. All should go well and he should be on the mend soon.
He just needs to be less stubborn in the future or my Mom, brothers or I might kill him.
The positive thoughts are so greatly appreciated. Keep them up. Despite the painful surgery, this was the best outcome possible. NO cancer, infection or mystery diseases.
Exhaused and need to be up in 4 hours. I'm off.