We had quite an eventful trip to Boston today starting with a wonderful nor'easter that dropped 20" of snow on us. We met with the doctors at Boston Childrens (for Riley) and Brigham and Womens (for Sandy). While we did not get the due date set, here is what we did get info on:
Today's MRI showed about 16% lung volume (about 15% at last visit). Predictions for this range are:
>15% about 1/2 need ECMO and almost all survive
<15% almost all need ECMO and about 1/2 survive
Everything else will remain the same as we thought previously regarding Rileys care after she is born. If she will need ECMO we will probably know within the first 24 hours. If she does go on ECMO, she will need to come off by 3 weeks.
My care will hopefully continue to be managed by the midwives here in western MA for the meantime and we will soon be given an induction date which is around the 38 week mark. I am 32 weeks at this point and time is flying quickly.
Hope all is well with everyone. We will have more updates soon.
Thinking of you all. Take care of YOU for the next few weeks. We love you.
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