Taylor summed up today nicely when he said, "Coop you're back!" Cooper had a great day. He was on CPAP and didn't have any desaturations (dropping his oxygen levels), so this evening they moved him back down to the high flow oxygen on 3.5 liters. They weaned his morphine a bit, and are now just giving it to him as he needs it. Cooper is still receiving Tylenol every six hours in addition to the morphine. He has still had some occasional fussiness throughout the day, but overall he was much happier and more comfortable today than the last two days. Taylor and I each held him for an hour, and while we were holding him he was very alert and happy.
The surgical team examined his incision again today and said that it's looking exactly the way they want it to. Cooper has still had a fair amount of fluid in his Anderson tube (the tube in his throat sucking out the secretions from his stomach). Hopefully soon the fluid will lesson and they will be able to remove it. He is having some faint bowel sounds, which is a good sign. We can't wait for him to poop so he can start eating! (You know you're a mom when your child's poop is exciting, right?) Last night our nurse told us that Cooper had gained 10 grams since surgery, but he had actually gained 100 grams! He weighed 2600 as of Sunday night (5 lbs 11 oz).
Tonight when Taylor and I were driving home we were talking about how when Cooper was born everyone told us the NICU journey in a marathon. We are in the final leg of our marathon... we're exhausted, but the thought of walking out of the NICU (hopefully soon) with Cooper in our arms keeps us putting one foot in front of the other!
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