So, the official results of Azer's X-ray came back. He doesn't have pneumonia, but he does have a small area of atelectasis. Basically he has a small area of his right lung that is collapsed. It is blocked from inflating by mucus plugging. Apparently, this is a common thing that happens in CF, and sometimes it may not be accompanied by symptoms.
Twice when he was in the hospital, he coughed up blood streaked mucus. This morning, he initially had coughed on his hand and noticed a drop of bright, red blood on his thumb. He then coughed up some pink, blood streaked mucus. I called the on-call CF doctor who said we should stop doing Hypertonic Saline, and if this doesn't resolve, we have to be readmitted...
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