Collapsed lung 10 out of 10 do not recommend

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I hate asking for help, really hate it... but I really need it. Last Thursday morning, I started experiencing discomfort and tightness in my chest. Thinking it would go away on its own, I went ahead and went to work. I was at work for about 10 minutes before I decided something was really wrong and I needed to get it checked out. With shortness of breath and tight pressure in my chest along with chest pain, I went to an urgent care. They didn't have the resources to properly diagnose what was going on, so I was sent to Shoals Hospital. After a few hours of waiting and a couple of X-rays, they determined that I had a collapsed lung. On Thursday night around 6ish, I went under and they inserted a chest tube... all good. Another couple of hours passed, and they transferred me to NAMC because Shoals Hospital didn't have any rooms available. Upon arrival at NAMC, the doctor in the ED inspected my tube and said that the tube I had wasn't big enough, so I went under again and they replaced it with a bigger tube. I have been in this hospital since, and X-ray after X-ray has shown no improvement. I have already missed work Thursday - Today (May 4) and am looking at missing at least another 4 days of work (my new job I average anywhere from 14,000-16,000 steps a day and when you can't breathe too well, it makes it a bit difficult). That's including when I get the tube out and when I get released from the hospital.

Bills don't stop as you can imagine, and I'm not asking for a whole lot, but every little bit would help me financially. I'm trying to catch up on my child support and other bills and was doing really good until all this happened.

As the saying goes, "If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all."

Thanks for any and all help.
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    Jonathan Simpson
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    Rogersville, AL

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