can be severed, massive blood loss can occur, the colon can have leakage of toxic substances. is so just as you heard from his surgeons, the primary goal initially is to stabilize the patient. that's often times in shock, as he was, controlling blood loss, doing emergency surgeries to assess the damage, stabilize bleeding if possible and sometimes numerous subsequent surgeries are also required to assess further damage and also help repair additional injuries. arthel: so you explained why there more than likely will be further surgeries. i read that the doctors are going to not remove all of the shrapnel finishing you will, the gun pieces. >> right. so often times these bullets, when they enter, it's not just i one small bullet that stays contained. it actually sometimes will shatter itself and throw debris that causes lots of damage. sometimes delayed, subsequent