Our son Kevin was put on VV ECMO on Friday the 13th, 2017, while in Colombia South America.
He contracted the flu and was given a 5% chance of survival without ECMO.
Kevin was airlifted by the US Air Force to San Antonio Military Medical Center where he was put on VA ECMO, and subsequently airlifted to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NYC.
Kevin was taken off ECMO at the end of April 2017 and was discharged from the hospital on May 21, 2017- his 32nd birthday. Kevin lives in Denver with his fiancé, working as a civil engineer.
He did have some lung damage, due to necrosis, during his illness. Currently skiing in Colorado and climbing 14ers (14,000-foot mountains) is not possible for him.
However, Kevin is healthy and happy and leading a full life because of ECMO and amazing, dedicated health care professionals on 2 continents. ECMO saved Kevin's life.
Please follow this link to the NYP site with a full story on Kevin:
https://healthmatters.nyp.org/amazing-things-kevin-st-clair-2/
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