Good News! The bleeding Seth was experiencing interenally has been determined to be old blood that was a result of the reconstructive surgery done last week to prepare him for his next surgery to be done in 12 weeks. The doctors said it is actually good to know that it is coming out instead of staying in there especially since they didn't know it was there. It was definetly a scare and is a huge inconvenience, but we can live with it and hopefully it won't last too long. They said Seth's hemiglobin count is good. It is at 11, and up from yesterday. His body is starting to cooperate. He just ate a little (lunch/dinner) and it wasn't toast. He ate a biscuit w/white gravy a lime sherbert and a Snickerdoodle cookie. He is drinking only water, no juice. He has to drink at least 2 liters of water a day. We sure aren't there yet. One of the main functions of the large intestine was to absorb water into the body. Seth will always have to be very conscience of drinking constantly. He can become dehydrated VERY easily. We are working on drinking. I'll write more later. V