Flo, we have had more than one experience with the exploding neck deal, several weeks ago, Frank had one burst during the night, he thought he was bleeding to death, then it started draining crappy black stuff........I compare him to a Thomas`s English muffin with nooks and crannys........He`s had 2 open up over the past several months, sometimes it`s better if they remain open, as much as we want them to heal. Frank had one on his neck for nearly a year......it finally healed, then in March he developed high blood pressure, was on meds, very weird thing is after it burst open again his BP returned to normal.It`s completely healed again and I`m not really sure that`s a good thing, it`s very close to his carotid artery, which is tied off...........as our one doc say`s these wounds are a nusiance, but many times there isn`t much to be done...........I know it`s scary, but remember, she`s stable and that`s the important thing right now !!!!