text:  A quantitative V    Q scan was also done preoperatively and Pulmonary consult was obtained preoperatively . Pulmonary recommended that he just be started on Albuterol and Atrovent metered dose inhalers   2 puffs q6h   prior to surgery . The patient underwent his procedure on 12-4-93   without complications . Findings included thickened pleura with multiple adhesions and an abscess near the margin major fissure . He had a firm nodule in the left lower lobe . The patient was transferred to the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit in stable condition and had an uneventful stay there . He had oxygen saturations of 99 with an Fi02 of 40 and had no complaints . He was transferred to the floor on postoperative day number one and tolerated his PO&aposs well . His left lower lobe micro results revealed alpha hemolytic Streptococcus on culture and he was then switched to penicillin and Gentamicin after being started on triples of Flagyl   Ampicillin   and Gentamicin . He had low grade temperatures   though did not spike a high temperature during his hospital course . His hospital course was otherwise uneventful and the patient was discharged in stable condition on postoperative day   afebrile . The chest X-ray on the morning of discharge was unchanged from the previous day   with slight increase in left pleural fluid . He had completed six days of penicillin and Gentamicin and was discharged on Ciprofloxacin and Flagyl for the next seven days . He stayed at the local Comfort Inn before his return back to Aujer Cin .