Status quo

It's been 6.5 hours since Riley came off the ECMO and nothing much has changed. "So far so good" seems to be the common refrain. His blood gases look good. Blood pressure has ebbed and flowed and just now was quite low (62/48 or so). They are giving him more albumin to increase his volumes and hopefully bump up the BP. The output from his Tenkoff drain has also increased substantially since he came off the ECMO. We were told by the cardiologist on Friday that high Tenkoff drainage is an indication that we'll need to do the Fontan takedown, but we haven't had a chance to speak to her this afternoon to see if that concern still applies given stability elsewhere. His nurse took an opportunity to wash his face, re-dress his chest incision and brush his teeth and overall he looks much better, even if his condition hasn't improved. The ECMO machine was also removed from the room.