ECMO Update!

Our precious baby is finally off of ECMO! Pearson came off ECMO around 9:30 this morning, and has remained stable throughout the day.  He has continued to surprise Dr. Kays, so we are hoping he will do it again by not having to go back on ECMO.  He expects that if he does have to go back on it, then it would be in the next couple of days.  So far, so good, though! We did have a small set back today....he developed a bleed in his belly, which is actually why Dr. Kays pulled him off the ECMO a little earlier than he would have, since his stomach wasn't fully working yet.  The ECMO machine thins the blood out, so by pulling him off of it, it allows his blood to clot up so the bleed would stop, which it finally did later today.  Because of the bleeding, he is terribly swollen in his belly area.  It was very hard to see my baby in this condition this morning when I arrived at the hospital.  I wasn't expecting to see him looking completely different than when I left him at almost midnight last night.  Once again, you just never know what these babies with this illness are going to do, and so our roller coaster continues! Please continue to pray for more stable days and that Pearson can stay off of the ECMO machine!!! God continues to answer our prayers!