ECMO

Caelen has had a very bad night. He desaturated very quickly last night and was re intubated and placed on ECMO, which is a heart and lung bypass machine. It is doing all the work for Caelen's lungs and heart. The Dr believes that Caelen has a pulmonary artery that has popped off from the fontan pressure and is leaking blood. So his lungs aren't getting enough oxygen. His lungs are wet and absorbing all of the fluids being pushed to combat the dehydration. This is bad. This is also why they are collapsing.

He is currently stable, but still very, very sick. The goal today is to get him into the cath lab and find out what is happening. He has no non-invasive access left, so the team has to look at accessing him through alternative surgical methods.

Please keep paying. Last night was very scary and we came very close to losing him. But he is a fighter and I believe in God and the power of prayer.

Thank you.