Day 3

To say this has been an emotional roller coaster is an understatement! Darby Kate has remained stable with the help of quite a few medications. She is currently on ECMO and the the plans are to keep her on it until tomorrow to give her little heart and lungs a rest.  We cannot say enough about this hospital! Dr. Alten did not leave Darby Kate's side for over 40 hours.  He finally left to get some sleep at 9:00 last night with strict instructions to wake him if certain numbers reached certain points. No matter what the outcome may be, we will forever be indebted to this wonderful place!

8:30 p.m. They are doing one final ultrsound of her liver and head before starting to wean her off of the ECMO machine. They have also called in a specialist to run a camera down her throat so they can scan through the esophagus wall and see if the heart repairs are working correctly. They just started the test and turned the ECMO machine down and her heart seems to be handling it without an issue. Please continue to pray!

10:10 p.m. The results of the test earlier were good. Dr. Alten said he is going to be very aggressive trying to get her fluid off tonight. He said he wants her off of ECMO tomorrow but will not take any risk. Quite night so far.