I found this thread on a Reddit Nursing forum. You do not have to be a member there to read this

[irisblue]

click on the link to read the post

https://www.reddit.com/r/nursing/comments/pc46sg/covid_from_a_nicu_perspective/

(ECMO stands for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The ECMO machine is similar to the heart-lung by-pass machine used in open-heart surgery. It pumps and oxygenates a patient's blood outside the body, allowing the heart and lungs to rest.) this explaination is from google.

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[Effete Snob]

1. "click on the link to read the post"

Why? What's the post about? Are there a few lines which capture what I might find at the link?

[irisblue]

3. fair point, the thread is about pregnant covid pos women having a CSection

then dying shortly after b/c of organ system failures.

I went back, counted, only 3 paragraphs, so I copied & pasted.
Covid from a NICU perspective
Discussion
Tonight at 2000, we will admit our 6th baby born to an unvaccinated, Covid mom on ECMO. I’m currently caring for a 26wk premie who’s mom passed away last night after the family removed life support. He never met his mom- she survived on ECMO for 23 days before suffering arrest and brain damage. They have 2 other kids at home.

Tonight’s delivery will be a 28 weeker. Mom has been on ECMO for 2 weeks and they haven’t been able to get her sats above 70% for 2 days so it’s time to take baby before we lose them both. They told Dad to expect Mom to survive for a day or so after delivery.

This will be our 6th baby that will never meet their mom since Covid started. We always hear moms say they worry about what the shot will to do baby, but they never consider what not getting the shot will to do baby. I’m not sure how much more I can handle.

[Effete Snob]

4. Oh my goodness

Thank you for that description. Reading more about that would be difficult for me.

[Hortensis]

6. Those don't include many more babies who were allowed to die

with their mothers because they were considered not to have developed to "viability" outside the womb.

[irisblue]

7. Triage is a cruel hard choice, the ones who have to make that call...

I cannot imagine that grief and pain.

[Hortensis]

8. Me neither, and good thing. Those who have to are helping others live.

[Mr.Bill]

2. My stepdaughter manages the Family Birth Center

at our local hospital. She never discusses details outside of work, but I can see on her face she has had some very rough days in the last 18 months.

[roamer65]

5. In 2-3 months they won't be trying to deliver the baby.

They won’t have the time, equipment or staff to devote to it.