Some of you may have heard I was having problems again and that is true. Tuesday night right before going to bed, I ended up having some bright red blood when I went to the bathroom. We called the doctor on call at the hospital and she told us that it was normal but if it increased to a cup of blood in one hour we needed to go in. The next day I called Dr. Safar and he decided he wanted to see me next week. The blood continued throughout the day and my frequency of using the bathroom increased. That evening I ended up going 5 times in an hour and every time there was more and more blood. We called Barnes again and they still didn't seem to concerned. The doc did tell us we might want to go to the local ER to have my blood levels checked out. Drew and I decided to head to Boone because they would have the type of doc I needed if something was wrong. By 3 am they had decided I had pouchitis and gave me a cipro (antibiotic) and a percription for 10 days worth. Thursday we called to follow up and they decided to have me come in at 1. The problem is it was already 11:20 and it takes over 2 hours to get there. It didn't really matter we still had to wait 2 hours. Basically it was a huge waist of time. All we really learned is I am probably drinking to much water and not enough salt. I am feeling better. I'm not having to make as many trips to the bathroom and the blood has decreased. The best part is I am finally able to sleep through the night! Monday I go see my gi doc in Columbia and I have an appointment with Safar for Thursday bt I don't think I will need to keep it.