“ᎢᏳᏃ ᏄᏂᏩᏛᏓ ᏱᎩ ᎤᏠᏯ ᏗᏙᎵᎦ, ᎠᎾᏗᏍᎬ ᏧᏂᏢᎩ ᎤᏂᏴᏗ, ᏅᏬᏘ ᎬᏗ ᏯᏂᏴᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏚᏂᎭ ECMO’S (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) ᏧᏙᎩᏓ ᎾᎿ ᎬᏩᏬᎳᏕᏍᏙᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᏕᎵᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᏫ ᎦᏌᏙᏯᏍᎩ ᎨᎳ ᎠᏂᏩᏗᏍᎬ ᎢᎪᎯᏓ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
“If they can’t find a match soon enough, they said if he ended up in the hospital, they’d medical transport him up there and they have the machines called ECMO’s (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) that basically can breathe and help his heart pump until they can find a match,” she said.