02/27/2025
Hi again everyone, its been about a week so here’s an update on Lyn…
She remains in critical condition. We had another close call after she was able to come off the ventilator late last week. She is back on the ventilator, as well as ECMO(a machine that oxygenates her blood for her independent of her heart and lungs).
It’s a delicate situation, she has pulmonary hypertension complicated by a right to left cardiac shunt (a fancy way of saying there is a tear or hole in her heart) that allows unoxygenated blood to bypass her lungs and get reintroduced into the left side of her heart (the part that pumps freshly oxygenated blood to your body). The hole can be repaired, but not until the hypertension of her lungs is brought down and she has recovered sufficiently for the surgery that is required.
She remains deep in the woods, but there is hope as the doctors and nurses do what they can to help her. We’ll keep everyone updated on her condition, we have appreciated all the voicemails and texts and comments so far, when Lyn recovers she will love seeing them too. Have a nice night everyone.