In 25 years of practicing ENT Ive only seen one re-bleed.The cautery sets the clock back just in that one specific spot. Theres no evidence postop bleeding is more common in adults, thats an old wives tale.Big picture here, this was a small setback your child will be fine.
Thanks for your comment. The pediatricians drilled it in our heads that it was rare that it happened in the first place, even at 5 days. But I cant help but shake the feeling that even though its rare to happen again, we were already one of the rare ones it happened to the first time around. They made it seem as its way more unlikely for it to happen to children and more common in adults. When we saw her vomiting fresh blood we thought we were going to lose her.Will the recauterization of the spot where they found her active bleeding (noted as left superior tonsillar fossa) reset the clock on healing the whole area? Diffuse oozing in the right, clots bilaterally were also listed on our discharge papers.