tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181250987386027700.post5305066637487096001..comments2023-05-10T08:58:30.730-07:00Comments on One Day at a Time...: First Day on the 3rd ECMO CircuitJust Enough for the Journeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203380834602038181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181250987386027700.post-80786539050582964452011-12-27T05:16:55.630-08:002011-12-27T05:16:55.630-08:00Praying for a good day for Jude. For the chest tu...Praying for a good day for Jude. For the chest tube to be inserted without incident and to help in drying him out and for all the technology at the doctors disposal to work. I know how scary these days are. Dakota got off of ECMO in a rather dramatic fashion. She was more than 7 weeks early, but a fairly large 5 lbs 3 ounces so when she started crashing on her second day of life, the surgeon made the call to put her on ECMO and saved her life. However after a couple of days the tube in her neck shifted since she was so small compared to the tube - the nurse had to hold her in all kinds of weird positions just to get the flow the surgeon had ordered on the ECMO machine. Thank god Dakota was tolerant of being touched! My heart was beating a million miles per minute - I went into the pumping room and for the first time just broke down in tears from the stress. The alarms kept going off saying that the machine couldn't get the flow. They kept shifting her and trying ... through all this her sats remained good and her blood gasses remained good so when the surgeons came by they said she's showing us she's done with it - let's get her off. The nurse finally got to sit down, they turned the flow down and we went from there. Many prayers that it is Jude's time to get off and that everything works perfectly. Thinking of you all!<br />Hugs,<br />Jennifer<br />Mom to Dakota 12-25-2008<br />RCDH survivor<br />jennifertrafton@hotmail.comJennifer Tenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00964328379682764404noreply@blogger.com