They determined to take Max off the ECMO on July 22nd. He was doing well when around 12:30 or 1:00 am that night he went into cardiac arrest. It was a very scary time while they did 15 minutes of chest compressions, were able to get him back on ECMO and in stable condition. During the procedure of putting him back on ECMO they tore a vein. When they would come to a point to take him off ECMO again, they physically would not be able to put him back on because of this, so if he were to have another scare like that night, he would return to his Father in Heaven.
Some doctors suggested it was time to pull the plug, and though Jessi and Josh were accepting if that is what their Father in Heaven's plan was, they did not feel it was time.
He stayed on ECMO for a few days. On July 26th they decided to do another trial off ECMO. It went well and there was a second trial off before officially taking him off. They were hoping when taking him off the broken vein would stay attached so they could stitch it up when they took it out, but that was not the case. The only way to repair the vein was to cut open his chest and do open heart surgery. Though this was not the ideal situation, it ended up working out for the best as once they were inside they found several blood clots they did not know about and there was no way they could have gotten those taken care of otherwise.
We have seen one miracle after another with this precious baby. He has now been officially off ECMO since Saturday and is doing great. They are working on getting him off the ventilator and another surgery will happen soon to get his intestines back in his body.
Yesterday was a special day when Max was awake and opened his eyes.
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