Some of you may already be aware of this if you check my sisters blogs too but my grandpa is back in the hospital again. He has been there since Thursday due to blood in his stool. They were having a hard time getting his blood hemoglobin to a level where they could do some tests to see where the bleeding might be coming from. After quite a few plasma transfusions yesterday they were finally able to go in and found an ulcer. It seemed to have stopped bleeding though when they were in for the procedure. However, last night and early this morning he was bleeding again and his hemoglobin was low so they have him in for some more tests to see if the ulcer started bleeding again or if something else is causing the trouble.
Please keep him in your prayers. It's getting quite frustrating for him. He was almost to a point where they were going to let him go home from the nursing home when this problem began.
UPDATE MONDAY:
They found another ulcer in the tests they ran yesterday. They cauterized it and monitored him through the night to make sure there was no more bleeding and that his hemoglobin stayed up. I'm happy to report that this morning everything was looking good. He will be in the hospital for a few more days to make sure everything keeps improving.
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