No I was not hospitalised for the flue. I stayed in bed for a day. The flue coincided with neuprogen injections to boost my WBC for a upcoming thorocyntethys procedure. I think the booster may have helped shorten the flue. Anyway had the pleurol effusion drained last week. Only 350 c.c this time down from over a liter. This time I was a bit more soar. The good new is that I Don't expect to have the Pleurodesis.