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ECMO Survivors: Baby Eleanor's Story
Baby Eleanor was born with a diaphragmatic hernia that required surgery as one-week old. ECMO helped her survive and recover from her operation.
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ECMO Survivors - Drew's Story
When Drew was two months old, he was admitted to Lurie Children’s with respiratory distress and bilateral pleural effusions. ECMO was Drew’s only shot at survival.
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ECMO Survivors - Jessica's Story
After Jessica was born with a severe case of meconium aspiration syndrome, she needed to be transferred to Lurie Children's to be put on ECMO.
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ECMO Survivors - Chelsea's Story
Chelsea was on ECMO for 30 days, which is the longest amount of time anyone is allowed to be on the machine.
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ECMO Survivors: Samantha's Story
Samantha was born via a C-section 12 days after her original due date. Soon after birth, doctors discovered that she had a diaphragmatic hernia.
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