Dr. Israel didn't seem too concerned about Steph's bleeding, seeing as she had had such a bad respiratory bug. But she examined her and found a tiny hemorrhoid, which she said might be contributing to some of the blood we're seeing. So, although it seems counterintuitive, she's prescribing a stool softener for the next month. Steph was very worried about this "vein" as Dr. Israel called it, but I assured her that nearly everyone gets one at some time or other* and it's nothing to be concerned about. So other than checking in about that, we don't have to go back for 4 months.
*Or ten million of them when giving birth to the person asking the question....
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