American pensionner had pea plant growing in his ... lungs!!!

A retired teacher who had been struggling for breath for months was amazed when doctors told him there was a PEA plant growing in his lung.

Ron Sveden, from Brewster, Massachusetts, was already fighting emphysema when his health took a turn for the worse.

'I was not doing too well, a lot of coughing, I was very listless,' the 75-year-old said.

His wife Nancy was so alarmed by his deterioration that she called for an ambulance and he was rushed to hospital on May 31. More...

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