Callahan’s Birth Story: Part 7
July 23rd The epidural came out today (they left it in this whole time for pain management.). The plan was to move me from the CTICU to the surgical ICU, but the surgical ICU wasn’t open and they didn’t want to open it for one patient. I was instead moved to the...
Callahan’s Birth Story: Part 6
July 20th The morning of the 20th, I was taken back for my final ex lap and abdominal washout. They were able to close completely. At 9pm that evening, they decided they wanted to try to take the ventilator out. I was brought out of sedation and immediately...
Callahan’s Birth Story: Part 5
Once at Lankenau Medical Center, it took them a few hours to get my settled into my room in the CTICU because I had so many machines attached to me. July 18th Around 3am the next morning, my Cardiologist came to speak to Steve and my mom. ECMO was keeping me...
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