Chest Tube

Some of you have been noticing my scar and a small tube in my chest. I have posted

Some of you have been noticing my scar and a small tube in my chest. I have posted about this before but deleted my old account. Since these things appear in my pics (they are hard to hide), I figured I would repost my story. See comments.

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Chest tubes after removal

Chest tubes after removal

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Massive hemothorax due to the rupture of the intercostal artery after placement of

Massive hemothorax due to the rupture of the intercostal artery after placement of the drainage tube. Hemothorax is an accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity [the cavity between the lung and chest wall] due to bleeding from the vessels of the lungs,

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