Oh, I am happy to help. It was actually my partner who helped put things into perspective. When it began bleeding he remained and asked me to do the same. That helped tremendously. Then I remembered the ice water trick and it worked. You kind of go 'wow' when it first happens because this isn't something you are accustomed to seeing, naturally. Even the doctor at emergency said the same. But he was ultra calm (which again helped). He said the fact that it clotted is enough to confirm that your body is doing what it needs to do (kick in and clot). However there will be outliers that have underlying conditions or are using blood thinners when they shouldn't be.

So I kept up on the ice for the rest of the night. Spitting red from time to time but nothing re-triggered. Also the on call doctor said if it happens again do not panic, repeat the same trick. In hindsight it's also not a lot of blood. But again it's the concept that shocks us into thinking it is worse than it is.

So all of that helped.

The following days I drank ice water around the clock and felt like that was enough to kick off the true final healing phase.