So Haven continues to get rid of unneeded fluid and is looking smaller everyday.  We are very thankful for that.  This morning when we came in, she was bright-eyed and looking all around and was even playful.  It was fun.

However, when we pulled down her blanket to take a look we noticed that her former G-tube site (where we used to have a tube in her stomach, but is now free draining into a little baggie) had a considerable amount of blood being drained out.  In fact, over the course of the next four hours, she drained over 300 mL’s.  That’s a LOT of blood for a baby to lose.  It was so much that her blood pressure dropped immensely.  So, as quickly as possible (which isn’t very quick) we tried to replace the lost blood with new blood and other products to stop stomach bleeding.  By late afternoon, the bleeding stopped, thank goodness.

We’re not sure what the bleeding was from, but probably an ulcer in her stomach (could be caused by a number of factors).  If the bleeding starts up again, then they will want to take Haven back to the operating room to scope her stomach (look around her stomach with a tiny camera) to see what the problem really is.  So far, it appears that we have been able to control the bleed with medications.  We hope we won’t have to try to fix anything surgically as it is uncertain how well Haven will do with yet another invasive surgical procedure. 

Amazingly through all of the hullaballoo today, Haven wasn’t phased a bit (except for her blood pressure).  She napped here and there, but was mostly awake and alert (not in pain).  Now that it’s nighttime, she’s sleeping like a baby.