I just got a text from Teresa indicating that they are worried that there is bleeding in the liver. I don't know the details as to why they suspect this. They are adding a hemofilter to the ECMO machine. Teresa hasn't talked to the doctor yet... just the nurse. Teresa said she's scared. :(
A hemofilter is a type of dialysis that helps to give the kidneys rest. (which will also help get rid of fluid.) The bleeding in the liver is a hematoma from surgery. It can't resolve itself until after ECMO is removed. They haven't changed anything in the vent settings because they want to let dialysis do its thing first.
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