Dad was taken to the E.R. earlier this afternoon from the dialysis center because they were having some "problems." He is bleeding internally and they are not sure from where. The bleeding could be coming from an ulcer, but right now the doctors just don't know the source. They gave him a couple of units of blood and are admitting him to ICU so they can check things out further. He has been fairly ill the past few days. Hopefully, they can figure things out soon.
When Mom left the hospital around 5:00, they told her they were going to do an endoscopic study to look for ulcers in his G.I. tract, since that was the easiest place to start looking for the source of the bleeding. If they didn't find anything with the scope, they would move on from there. I spoke with her around 8. She said the hospital had called, asking for permission to do a CT scan on Dad. We assume that means they didn't find the source of the bleeding with the scope, but will just have to wait and see what tomorrow brings.
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