ECMO Day 9

Linc has been very stable the past few days on ECMO. The doctors have not needed to adjust any settings in order to get the good vital numbers they watch for. Lincoln's morning x-ray today showed a small portion of this left lung had begun to "open up" and the docs could hear breath sounds in Linc's left lung, which is great news. We saw similar results Monday, only to find a closed lung again on Tuesday. Since Linc is coming up on the 2 week mark for his time on ECMO, the doctors decided during rounds that they would make a small change on his ventilator settings and change his diuretic meds to try to open his lung a little faster. They gave him a few hours to adjust to the changes, during which he slept mostly. Around 3 pm, they repeated the xray and saw even more improvement in his left lung compared to earlier in the day! The changes had worked and Lincoln did a great job resting to allow his lung to open up! The doctors are all very pleased with the x ray and plan to leave his settings as is and get another xray in the morning. Hopefully his lung will be even more clear in the morning!