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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI found this thread on a Reddit Nursing forum. You do not have to be a member there to read this
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https://www.reddit.com/r/nursing/comments/pc46sg/covid_from_a_nicu_perspective/
(ECMO stands for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The ECMO machine is similar to the heart-lung by-pass machine used in open-heart surgery. It pumps and oxygenates a patient's blood outside the body, allowing the heart and lungs to rest.) this explaination is from google.
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Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)Why? What's the post about? Are there a few lines which capture what I might find at the link?
irisblue
(33,037 posts)then dying shortly after b/c of organ system failures.
I went back, counted, only 3 paragraphs, so I copied & pasted.
Covid from a NICU perspective
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Tonight at 2000, we will admit our 6th baby born to an unvaccinated, Covid mom on ECMO. Im currently caring for a 26wk premie whos mom passed away last night after the family removed life support. He never met his mom- she survived on ECMO for 23 days before suffering arrest and brain damage. They have 2 other kids at home.
Tonights delivery will be a 28 weeker. Mom has been on ECMO for 2 weeks and they havent been able to get her sats above 70% for 2 days so its time to take baby before we lose them both. They told Dad to expect Mom to survive for a day or so after delivery.
This will be our 6th baby that will never meet their mom since Covid started. We always hear moms say they worry about what the shot will to do baby, but they never consider what not getting the shot will to do baby. Im not sure how much more I can handle.
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)Thank you for that description. Reading more about that would be difficult for me.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)with their mothers because they were considered not to have developed to "viability" outside the womb.
irisblue
(33,037 posts)I cannot imagine that grief and pain.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,334 posts)at our local hospital. She never discusses details outside of work, but I can see on her face she has had some very rough days in the last 18 months.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)They wont have the time, equipment or staff to devote to it.