More tests for Romo

[Don Corleone]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000...atus-up-in-the-air?module=HP11_headline_stack

Collapsed lung, not a punctured lung.

 

[tupperware]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000...atus-up-in-the-air?module=HP11_headline_stack

Collapsed lung, not a punctured lung.

What's worse? I'm no doctor.

 

[SDCowboy]

They'll pump that thing back up and he'll be fine.

 

[Don Corleone]

What's worse? I'm no doctor.

NFL.com changed it from punctured to collapsed, and said he needs more tests this week.

 

[urface59]

Who needs lungs anyways?

 

[reddyuta]

I dont think he will play,the defense needs to force at least 2 turnovers for us to win this game.

 

[Hostile]

What's worse? I'm no doctor.

Collapsed by far.

 

[urface59]

I dont think he will play,the defense needs to force at least 2 turnovers for us to win this game.

Or just not let them score, either way.

 

[AdamJT13]

Medically, a punctured lung and a collapsed lung are the same thing.

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Punctured+lung

 

[SDCowboy]

Medically, a punctured lung and a collapsed lung are the same thing.

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Punctured+lung

I'm guessing it wasn't fully collapsed. The tests they did yesterday would have shown that.

 

[Don Corleone]

Medically, a punctured lung and a collapsed lung are the same thing.

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Punctured+lung

Thank you sir!

Mods please feel free to delete thread or merge with another.

 

[juck]

I read when the hole is small enough they do nothing. Usually heals on its own in 2-4 days.

 

[TwoDeep3]

I read when the hole is small enough they do nothing. Usually heals on its own in 2-4 days.

Slap the piece of tin foil over the wound and give him mouth to mouth until it inflates.

Oh, sorry, that's a sucking chest wound.

 

[BaybeeJay]

Collapsed by far.

Actually neither are medical terms, and you can't really say one is worse than the other. He had a spontaneous pneumothorax, in which trauma forms a hole to allow air into a potential space between two layers of the lung. So, technically, a spontaneous pneumothorax is both a punctured lung and a collapsed lung, since part of the lung field collapses as air enters the potential space through the punctured hole.

 

[BaybeeJay]

Slap the piece of tin foil over the wound and give him mouth to mouth until it inflates.

Oh, sorry, that's a sucking chest wound.

There are two types of pneumos, spontaneous and tension. Both can result from trauma. Most spontaneous pneumos don't require any treatment. All tensions require chest tube placement. He had a spontaneous pneumo.

 

[hlh_8728]

Doesn't he have another lung? Suck it up and get in there sissy

 

[tomson75]

There are two types of pneumos, spontaneous and tension. Both can result from trauma. Most spontaneous pneumos don't require any treatment. All tensions require chest tube placement. He had a spontaneous pneumo.

Most tensions require a pine box....and are rare. Particularly from this type of trauma.

 

[Gemini Dolly]

Gosh, next thing they will reveal is that he suffered a mild stroke too.

 

[skinsscalper]

You know, since we are on the subject of Tony Romo, I've seen (as we all have) opinions of Romo that range from choker to hero, focused to aloof, and everything in between.

One thing that can never be questioned again is the guy's will to win and his personal dedication to that cause. Anyone who questions that again from this point forward is an idiot of the highest order. Major, major props to Romo's guts and commitment.

 

[Muhast]

Romo's performance yesterday is being elevated to LEGENDARY in my books.

A bruised rib is hard to play with, broken ribs and a collapsed lung? Wow.