Rough Night

After having a stable day on what we were told was the maximum dose of the heart support medications, Evynn had a scary night.  Her blood pressure & heart rate were dropping and increasing the medication and pushing fluid was not helping.  Surgeons had to open her chest even wider to relieve any pressure on the heart and they put her on the external pacer to increase her heart rate which in turn increases her blood pressure.  She has now stabilized on twice the medication, wider chest and pacer.  She needs to remain stable all day before they will attempt to wean any thing.  If there is any decline, she will require ECMO, which at this point could greatly reduces her chance of success.