Morning update: Cooper had a stable night! His blood pressure was a little low, so they gave him a saline IV to help that come up. He is weaning on his ventilator, and is basically breathing room air. The resident said that depending on how Cooper did today, he could be ready for prongs (in his nose) as early as tomorrow. First thing in the morning his rash from yesterday around his groin area and right arm was still fairly red, but the skin and wound specialist came in to look at it and determined that they should keep using the powder to clear the yeast from the area, and they would keep an eye on it.
I spent the majority of the day at the NICU, and Taylor came in the evening after he finished his classes. Aunt Brandi also came to visit us:) Taylor and I both got to do a hand hug (cupping my hand around Cooper's head) for the first time since Friday morning, and it was so wonderful to touch Cooper after going a few days without being able to.
They turned off his jaundice lights this morning (they had been on for the previous 24 hours) and Cooper's skin looked amazing today! He had a nice tan:) They put a bag on his stoma (the part of his bowel now moved to the outside of his body) because he has been producing stool.
He spent the day very sedated and cozy in his isolette. The best news of the day was that he jumped up from 1 lb 12 oz back to 2 lb 5 oz! He is still on TPN (protein) and lipids, and not receiving breast milk for another day or two. We are extremely happy that he is gaining weight, and hopefully he will respond well to the breastmilk. They did a head ultrasound around 6 pm to scan for bleeding in his brain. Cooper is very high risk because of how early he was delivered, and further risk came from being transported from IMC to Primary's. We will learn the results of the scan tomorrow morning. Overall, it was a great day for Cooper! Tomorrow is his one week birthday.
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