Sometimes everything that can be done has been done. High
freq ventilation is not a long term solution,it is maximum
support. And ECMO is similar to being on heart-lung bypass
as during openheart surgery(which folks are on for a couple of hours). A month of it is longer than i’ve ever heard of. If you read the story, the little guy was born early, had corrective heart surgery and a subsequent surgery did not go well. Life is fragile. Not everything can be fixed all
the time.
He has received extremely intensive,maxed out life support and surgeries,based on the article. The reason we are hearing about this is that most parents agree to discontinue treatment when the time comes,and sounds like
his are not.
I’ve heard of pts on ECMO for weeks or months & I believe the longest was 180 days.
The point here is who’s decision is this? Certainly not the gov’s