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Re:How to Raise a Creative Child – Step One: Back Off (2016) by lsaferite on Sunday April 16, 2017 @11:18PM (#14129025)
> wild things like ECMO, which makes everyone feel they're making more of a difference even though the outcomes are the same without it

Knowing that my daughter wouldn't be here today without ECMO, I take issue with this assertion.

Edit: She was born with severe MAS and her lungs were practically non-functional. ECMO was the only way she had time to fight the infections and start breathing. She spent 12 terrifying days on ECMO and then 2 more weeks on ventilators.

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Re:How to Raise a Creative Child – Step One: Back Off (2016) by lsaferite on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @09:48AM (#14138754)
My wife corrected me. ECMO for 10 days, ventilator for 3, then 7 more days on a nasal oxygen feed. Time gets fuzzy when you're in the NICU.
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