Courtney Update - Monday, February 17, 2014

4:30 PM

Courtney had a good night last night and has been stable throughout the morning and afternoon.  Although she is in stable condition and they have been able to pull off a lot of fluid, it is not as much or as quick as the doctors would like.  Her venous pressures are not as low as they want them and they think she needs to have a change in her current process.

After much deliberation and consultation, they have decided that it is in her best interest if they move the ECMO tubes from her neck and place larger tubes in her chest area that go directly to her heart. This will allow the vessels in her neck to be available if they need to replace the heart valve.

As soon as an operating room becomes available, they will take Courtney to the OR along with her ECMO machine and move the tubes.  Thus far, all the procedures have been done at her bedside in the PICU.  They will evaluate where things are at through the night and possibly go in and replace the valve as early as tomorrow.

Once again your prayer support is needed and you may never know how much it is felt and appreciated.

6:00 PM

OK.  CHANGE OF PLANS............. No surgery tonight, at least not right now.  :-)

The doctors have decided that they are pulling enough fluid right now with the current setup, so they are going to wait to reevaluate tomorrow morning.

Thank you for your continued support.