Goodbye Ecy II

It was destined to happen.  Ecy II is no more.  Sent to the recommision scrap pile to be rebuilt.  Welcome Ecy III.  With the ecmo circuit building a 14 inch long clot that took up 50% of the line, it was time to go.  The change went smoothly.  So well in fact that we did not do a 90 second change.  We did a 4 minute 30 second change.  This was because the clot needed to be scraped from the line and Johnathon was tolerating the absence of life support well. 

The new ecmo machine is needed to help with the sepsis which we are still dealing with.  A preliminary result is showing a staph infection is what could be causing the lung infection (we hope a final result will be out tomorrow).  If it is staph we are already on the antibiotic to fight it. 

Not much to report in change to Johnathon's overall condition. He is still quite swollen and his pulse and blood pressure has still remained an item of concern.  No approvement on his kidney issue either.

Thanks to Darla, Donna, Don, Amy, Emily, Sara, Tammy, and everyone else for helping to make the ecmo circuit change go quite well.  We were able to be present and watch the change.  It made me feel like giving them high fives for their good work.