They BAL donor lungs but it is not standard to run the COVID on the BAL. Generally, they run the COVID on a NP swab before our procurement team arrives due to time constraints as it takes hours for it to come back. This will get published because we are trying to change the recommendations for the COVID to be run on the BAL. Some more research reveals this is the second person to have this happen to them - infected donor lungs. The first was back in late Winter before we were running COVIDs on everyone, and limited testing based on travel history. That one died.
My lady is overall doing better: off vasopressin and only on inotropic dose epi (0.02 mcg/kg/min) and milrinone for severe RV dysfunction. I also have her on nitric because her PA pressure were in that 40/20 zone. However, she is on 100 mg/hr lasix + metolazone to offload her RV and keep her negative...with rising creatinine. I’ll probably put in the trialysis line tomorrow to start CRRT.