On Ecmo

At 1:05 today we received a phone call that Johnathon's condition had deteriated.  I rolled Becky in a wheelchair from Parkland to Children's.  When we got their we found out that his stats had dropped down to 48% oxygen in his blood and CO2 was up to 62. The decision had been made to put him on ecmo. 

We spent a few minutes with him, gave him a kiss, and told him we loved him before the surgeons started the operation to hook up the ecmo.  Dr. Hicks performed the procedure.  After about 45 minutes he and Dr. Garcia came in with Dr Sheren to let us know everything went well.  Dr. Sheren was happy that it took 30 hours to reach this level.  He said this showed he has strong development in his right lung.

Now we wait to see how long it will take for Johnathon to start to work off ecmo.  With the blood thinners being needed to use ecmo he needs to be off of it or close to it to have his surgery.

Thank you for all of the prayers.  We stay strong with every word of encouragment.  A special thanks to Kendra for being in the delivery and for staying last night with Becky.  A special thanks for all of the emails and messages.