Today was a good day for Cooper. They increased his feeds, and hopefully tomorrow he will no longer be on TPN (the supplemental nutrition) and solely on breastmilk! That will be a big step towards home. He will also be able to have the picc line taken out once he is no longer on TPN. He didn't poop while we were with him today, but had early this morning. Hopefully things will continue to go well. :)
Today while I was holding him (he'd been asleep for 2 hours) he had a big desaturation and dropped his oxygen saturation levels from 93 to 65. It was strange because he was totally asleep, and we're thinking it might have been silent reflux that is very common with preemies. When they're refluxing they will hold their breath to protect their airway. Obviously this is pretty scary because had it not been for the monitor, we would never have known that Cooper was apnec. I'm hoping we'll be able to come home with a monitor and oxygen for a while after Cooper is discharged if we're still dealing with reflux.
Tomorrow Cooper has an MRI to examine his brain (something they always do before discharge). It's been a while since his last head ultrasound, and the MRI will give us a more thorough look at the state of his intraventricular hemorrhages.
Tonight his weight was 3145 grams, or 6 lbs 14.9 oz. He's so close to 7 pounds!
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