ECMO patient has new lease on life
Credit: OHSU News
Jesus Esparza visits the staff at the OHSU Medical Intensive Care Unit in April 2019, thanking them for their care during his 23-day hospital stay in 2016. Esparza was kept alive with the help of advanced medical equipment that oxygenated his blood, called ECMO. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)