Liz, perfect prayer and VERY applicable. There's a song that I keep singing...humming...focusing on, "Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord, wait upon the Lord, we will wait upon the Lord."

Chuck is feeling tons better. Alas, we did not get the results last night. Well, we got the results, but no radiologist to read them. Apparently, Chuck's CT is HARD to read due to all the hardware in his body...it give off a lot of "artifact."

Here is the theory on the blood loss. It is not pooling in his stomach, as it is not really distended. He has "lost" about 4 pints...significant. Where did it go? Perhaps in the space between the stomach and the back.

No theories yet on urine output. He has not been given any lasix...yet. They are trying to fill him full of fluids first, thinking that he's dry and is "third spacing." This means that the fluid in his body is collecting outside the cells...which makes him look a bit like a tick getting ready to POP. Well, he's not that swollen yet...but if he doesn't put out urine...watch out.

Thanks for the outpouring of love!