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My son, born two weeks late needed ECMO and was on it for a span of a week in 2005. He was septic due to a severe case of Meconium aspiration and unable to brea
by throwaway78145 7y ago
My son, born two weeks late needed ECMO and was on it for a span of a week in 2005. He was septic due to a severe case of Meconium aspiration and unable to breathe even with the most aggressive ventilator (and as the doctors informed me, it would likely damage his lungs pretty badly as the pressure required to get him to proper levels of oxygen in the bloodstream were pretty rough) Today he is perfectly fine (in fact a cross country runner), and I of course thank that machine. It is an amazing machine. Which reminds me, it's probably time to give blood!
- throwaway1239jj 7y agoSame story here. My daughter was born in 2006 with meconium aspiration. Nurses hand-bagged her for 8 hours before taking her in ambulance to the nearest ECMO facility. She was on ECMO for a few days, and miraculously recovered. We took her to followup clinics every few months, expecting some sort of learning disabilities or lung damage. Turns out there were zero complications. Today she is completely fine!