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UC Health had reportedly never put a pregnant woman on an EMCO machine, but Sites was a good candidate.
Sites was then flown with the ECMO machine in a helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital where she underwent a cesarean section to deliver her son at 29 weeks and six days. The baby was then taken to a neonatal intensive care unit. When she woke up she had no recollection of the delivery because of the sedation, she said. ‘I have a lot of hallucinations from that time…but the actual ECMO treatment, I don’t recall any of that,’ she said. She now credits her medical team and the ECMO treatment for saving her life after she said her husband was told she had less than a 40% chance at survival. ‘It’s a miracle that I’m sitting here talking to you now,’ she said. After ten days, Sites was finally able to see her baby, named Jameson, who is still in the NICU, although doctors said he is healthy with no signs of coronavirus. He should be able to come home in four to five weeks. ‘There’s no words. There’s no way to show them the appreciation they deserve. It’s surreal,’ she said of her medical team.
