Prayers sent...I to started to cough up blood in feb. doctors did all the test ..but gave no answers..know what you and your brother-in-law are going through..frist was just a little blood in spit..then when I went to MN. bow building weekend started to cough up several TBS. of blood at a time..(think I aggravated it with saw dust) anyway, when I returned home and called doctor, he wanted to see me right away..set up with surgeon after few more test..long story short, spent ten days in hospital; lunglobe ectomy..almost two months recovering..I thought the doctors were afraid to tell me what I did not want to hear..(cancer)..during all this but they really did not know what they were dealing with until biopsy..(which is done while you are on the table in the operating room.)Cist in lung was probably pnoumia(sp?) Try not to worry..while very serious it could be just infection..don't self diagnose.. listen to the doctors.. I will pray for your brother in law..
Shawn...