Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Samantha now has two chest tubes on her right side, as they are trying to let pressure out of her chest which is caused by bleeding. It allows her to breathe easier and she is very stable. But it took a lot to get there, and they still have no real idea about what is causing the bleeding that is putting pressure on her right side. The complication to all this is that she is on ECMO, which means that she has to have a lot of blood thinner in her blood so that it doesn't clot as it goes through the machinery.

The plan is to just let her rest and see what she can do to heal.

Please keep praying for her.