Each night we wait with nervous anticipation for Cooper's weigh in. Weighing him is a three part process that begins with calibrating the bed, lifting him, and replacing him on the bed so that it can calculate his weight. Normally each of these steps takes about thirty seconds, but today the machine was cruising through each in about a second apiece. Unfortunately this means that we weren't able to actually weight him, but we like to think he would have hit that three pound milestone tonight had the scale been working properly. (This is, of course, the same scale that put him at four and a half pounds the other night). Cooper's nurse was going to work on fixing the bed, and then weigh him later this evening.
The big change of the day is that his feeding tube got taken out of Cooper's mouth and now runs through his nose instead. While this seems like a pretty inconsequential thing, it is significant for the following reasons:
1. It means he is actually big enough to have the feeding tube fit into his nostril in addition to his breathing prongs. We love our big boy!
2. It will reduce the amount of irritation that the feeding tube causes him. It should reduce reflux and he will no longer be able to use his tongue to pull it out (a trick he learned today).
3. For the first time ever, Cooper does not have a tube in his mouth and tape on his lip or chin. We can almost see his whole face, and we like what we see! We apologize that no pictures were taken after that point today.
In all, it was a good day for Cooper. He did have some coughing that seemed like reflux, but they are going to watch him this evening and see if the symptoms persist. Now, enjoy a few pictures of our cute little man!
0 comments:
Post a Comment