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Last night was a long night for Miss Emma. The doctors removed the ECMO machine and replaced it with the CRRT machine you see above, however Emma didn't like the switch. Her blood pressure dropped really low and was unstable. The doctors decided to remove
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I say this without any hyperbole when I announce that this has been the happiest morning of my life. Sure, I was happy beyond words when the girls were born , and my wedding kinda put me over the top too. However seeing Emma alive, awake and responsive
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For those of you waiting for some huge climax to Emma's story, I have some bad news for ya. The ending will continue to be a long drawn out process. There are no clean, quick wins here. As we all know, Emma is one tough girl. The docs had to back off
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I think we have some good news about Emma. I'm happy but trying not to be celebratory just yet. The blood culture from Sunday morning still has not grown positive for bacteria. Her previous cultures were positive in 8, 12 and 20 hours respectfully. The
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No real news on Emma so far today. She is basically the same. The last blood culture grew positive in 20 hours, which is up from 12 hours, so that is a good sign. Doesn't really mean much, but we are taking every bit of good news that we can get. The
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I just left the hospital to spend a few moments dealing. Actually, I left the hospital an hour and half ago and went for a very long walk in the rain.Very cathartic. Very necessary. Long walks surrounded by unadulterated nature provide time to reflect
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I'm sure most of you are wondering about my last post. Well, the infection in Emma has gotten worse. The doctors called us tonight at home with some amazingly bad news. The infection has prevented Emma from removing excess fluid. Her kidneys stopped functioning,
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