Every day on ECMO is a roll of dice. There is a severe risk of clots. They could cause arterial blockages and strokes. They have to put you on blood thinners to

Every day on ECMO is a roll of dice. There is a severe risk of clots. They could cause arterial blockages and strokes. They have to put you on blood thinners to combat the clots. The blood thinners could cause brain bleeds. There's also the risk of infections and the constant feed of antibiotics to combat that. ECMO, at least as it is right now, isn't meant to be a long term solution. As they said in the article, it's merely meant to be a bridge. Edit: that's roughly $1800/hr for the stay I think