May Him Get Better Soon

A student in my homeroom class has suffered from pneumothorax (氣胸) for the past few days and underwent an operation yesterday afternoon. This Tuesday morning, the student felt acute pain in the chest during the 2nd class period. His classmate then sent him to the school's health care center near noon. Ms. Chu, after listening to his chest through the stethoscope, called the student's father and suggested that he take him to a hospital soon for some examination because she detected noises in the student's chest and suspected he had pneumothorax.

That night, I called the student's father and was told that the doctor didn't find problems with the student's lungs, but that he suspected the student might have some heart problem. However, the next morning, the student's father informed me that after a further examination, the student was diagnosed with pneumothorax and was staying in the ICU. That worried me.

When I visited the student in the ICU around 11a.m., he was sitting on the bed solving math problems. That made me feel a little relieved because at least he was not lying unconscious, but I still told him health always came first and that he should take a good rest.

Though the student appeared fine then, he still needed the surgery. Hope he will recover soon.

Those who want to know more about pneumothorax can visit the following Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumothorax