Alina on ECMO (click on the flag for the german version)

01st of Nov
05:00 PM Operation of the hernia. ECMO stays installed and the flow is increased for the operation. Hernia could be closed without artifical material. Doctors are very contended. Everything goes very well. ECMO-flow could be reduced again.

2nd of Nov
08:00 AM ECMO-flow is reduced amazingly low.
03:00 PM Tina is released from the hospital on her own risk.
07:30 PM Tina sees Alina for the first time.
10:00 PM Alina was separated from ECMO, gets only a little bit adittional air through a little tube through her nose. Blood pressure is a little bit low, but no danger.

03rd of Nov
Alina was removed from the ECMO and placed in an incubator.

04th of Nov
Alina tries to open her eyes, but she is too listless because of the drugs.

05th of Nov
Grandmas and Grandpas, Aunts and Uncles from Germany came for a short visit.

07th of Nov
Alina opens her eyes for a longer time: They are blue.

From now on, Alina tells her story