It’s been 13 hours since I have seen Ethan. I am hoping in the next hour they will let me see him. He is struggling a little bit getting regulated to all the new medications and machines he is on. He has a tough road ahead of him. He is a strong kid with things to accomplish.
I got to talk to the anesthesiologist about the moments that led up to Ethan going into cardiac arrest. He was very unstable and then arrested. Once they got a pulse back, he was responding to epinephrine but kept falling into dangerously low blood pressure. This ultimately led to them removing his heart and putting him on bypass so they could stabilize him to wait for the new heart to arrive.
I wanted to thank everyone for the outpouring of support. COVID has distanced everyone from Ethan except myself. I am alone physically but I am not feeling alone mentally. Thank you for your continued texts, words of encouragement and support to our family.
I will keep you posted. ❤️❤️❤️
He is one tough cookie. Give him time to adjust. He knows he has a lot of support and so do ALL of you. Love you ALL.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could just give you a hug. You and that sweet boy are the strongest people I know! So much love to you xoxo
ReplyDeleteFeel our Love and support wrapped around you
ReplyDeleteYour strength and Love
For Ethan will win this battle
And Lord knows Ethan is a fighter and WILL this battle
We are following your journey as well. Your writing in the blog is very therapeutic for you as well as many readers. Keep writing.
ReplyDeleteLove to all!!!
Cheryl, Tom and Mulligan LeConey