not good

The doctors are once again talking about ECMO. The pulmonologist is going to try putting a camera down in his lungs and see if he can suck out any mucus plugs he finds that might be blocking his lung function. There are two areas of collapse that they are thinking are the good areas of lung that he has been depending on thus far but are now blocked. They are concerned about his ability to tolerate the procedure so the plan is to do it in ten minutes or less. The doctor has been doing this for 30 years and is pretty fast. They are putting in a line into his hip area in preparation for ECMO. If he doesn't tolerate the procedure things will move fast. I've signed the papers authorizing them to do whatever is necessary to save him.