Mason has been off of ECMO for more than 24 hours and he continues to surprise us all (even the docs). He is still receiving quite a bit of support from the ventilator and blood pressure meds. These settings have not changed much since he came off of ECMO yesterday. I think everyone expected him to require more support in these first 24 hours. Even on the same support, his blood gases are coming back better than yesterday. Once these stabilize in a "good" zone, they will start to wean him off the vent pressure settings and eventually drop the oxygen levels. They are slowly weaning him off the blood pressure medications as much as his body can tolerate it.
His ultrasound showed no change with the bleeding in his brain. Eventually this blood will be absorbed by the tissue, but this will take a while. Although this is scary, Mason is still in there. He continues to get mad at the nurses (even when he is heavily sedated) and he moves both arms and legs. He opened his eyes for a while this morning and looked at us.
Mason will have an additional surgery to close his chest either tomorrow or the next day. They had originally thought about doing it today, but decided that a couple of days of rest for him would be better. I am sure that he agrees!
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I am still praying for all 3 of you. God has a plan and I am keeping positive thoughts that Mason is going to pull thru this.
Keep the updates coming, we all read them and wish you all the best.
Warmest wishes,
Rachel York
I am so glad to see that he is stabilizing. I check the website atleast once a day to see how Mason is doing. Our thoughts and prayers are with all three of you.
Alicia (Kilbourn) Kozak
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