Today we were told that the surgeons were going to have to do something about the pressure in his chest. The ECMO circuit was really starting to struggle, and the blood flow in it kept stopping.
Once again the ward was closed down as they attempted to get another chest drain in.
Thankfully it all went well! The surgeon managed to get 360ml of blood off his chest, and it was still coming down the chest drain!
A chest X-ray revealed that his heart had returned to its rightful place in his chest again, and everything was looking much better.
With the whole good news/bad news thing, there is now a possibility that he is going to have to have his ECMO circuit changed again as his crystal growing is messing up the circuit, and it looks like there are big clots forming.
I really hope this isn't the case as this will set his recovery back by a few more days again :0(
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