Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Bridge to Many Choices.

My unborn child was present in the room during the first pig-to-human cardiac xenotransplant. I don't know when I'll tell him this, or what he'll think when I do. At the time, I had been struggling to write this piece for months. To write about the emotional toll that caring for patients on chronic extracorporeal membrane oxygen (ECMO) support took on their caregivers, both health care professionals and loved ones.