Something very interesting happened to me the other night. Over the last few days, I was having trouble breathing. I noticed this labored breathing Wednesday night after a game of Ultimate Frisbee with Christy’s family. Along with breathing, I was experiencing severe discomfort in my chest as well. But, I decided to wait it out. I hate going to the doctors only to find that nothing is wrong. However, after spending the night in Williamsport with Jared and Jordan E. and their family, I knew that I needed to get my problem checked out. So, after having worship practice at the Assembly of God for the joint service on Sunday, I decided that I must go to the Emergency Room. I could barely catch my breath to sing! My sister took to me the ER where I was later met by my dad. So we waited and waited and waited. It took a really long time to be seen by a physician, and I was beginning to regret my decision to go to the hospital. But, alas, the x-ray results came back and much to my dismay, I had a collapsed lung! Oh my. The doctor told me I would have to have an operation to insert a chest tube which would “pump” my lung back to its normal state. However, after some thought, the surgeon thought of another procedure which would do the job without anesthesia. My chest was numbed with a local, the doctor snaked a catheter through my rib cage into my pleural cavity (sac surrounding the lung) and pumped some of the leaked air out which, in turn, allowed my lung to re-expand. I had a chest x-ray taken right after the procedure, and then again an hour or so later. And, hallelujah, this worked. I was able to go back home that night not needing to stay in the hospital. While I wish this on nobody, the night was actually kind of fun. I was surrounded by my family, cool health care workers, and my beautiful girlfriend. Everyone was so wonderful, and we got to spend time talking in a relax manner, because, well, we couldn’t go anywhere else . I am glad to say, however, that I am recovered well, and do all the things that I love to do. So, needless to say, this was my adventure over christmas break! Hope everyone is well, and will continue to update when I have the chance! Cheers,Anthony J.