Friday, December 21, 2012
Doing ok
The doctors said "We are happy with where he
is at, as long as he doesn't backslide, we are happy". I was asking
questions to the ECMO nurse(there is always 1 nurse dedicated to Cameron
& 1 to the ECMO machine) She mentioned that some kidos kidneys want
to stop working on these machines. They are VERY happy Cameron's is
tolerating it really well. He is not one of those kids. She also said
they can always add a filter to the
machine & turn it into a kidney & lung machine. It would be very
similar to dialysis. I was told, he is stable on ECMO which is an
unstable process all by itself, but any kind of stable is good to me.
They said he is getting stronger & tolerating turns & care much
better. They have to turn him every 2 hours, which is tricky since he is
on tons of heparin, that medicine thins his blood so he doesn't clot
the machine. This can also cause major bleeding issues too. It is all
about balancing his need for heparin & keeping him from having a big
issue with it. Seeing how all of this donated blood is used, makes me
want to donate blood a TON more. Ok, so prayers for slow & steady
today. Thank you for all of the prayers & positive thoughts ♥
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