Thanks all. I'll pass your thoughts onto Spirit :-)

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Seriously, best wishes from my end of the world as well and hope that everything works it way out in a good way. What caused the lung to collapse?
She got a tear in the lung in September last year. It collapsed then, but they didn't do a great job of telling her this. So, on and off, she's been getting pains and difficulty breathing. Last time I was down there, she had a hicup fit... thats what set it off again. It appears the tear has nearly completely healed... just not 100%, so she can still get air in the chest cavity. As for how she got the tear in her lung in the first place... we have no idea other than a couple of big sneezes. Apparently it can happen spontaneously.