Coming off ECMO!

Sorry we didn't update earlier! They have been saying since early this morning they were ready for him to come off of ECMO, so we have been staying back there with him, since we have to stay out of the nursery during the procedure. His blood gasses have been terrific all night. They weaned him down to 60, which is essentially no support, just enough to keep the maching running. He stayed there for 2 hours while they monitored his gas levels, to be sure he could tolerate being off ECMO. He did great! They took him back up to 120 just to keep the circuit running well, not because he needed it. He is at 50% on the ventilator, which is typical. A couple of xrays have been done to make sure the position of the vent tubes are just right before he comes off. He is ready, just waiting on the surgeons. It is nice to know for once that Gabriel is stable enough to be considered non-emergent, therefore he can wait for the surgeons.

We will put some post-op pictures up soon!