Well, it has been a while since my last blog and A LOT has happened. Cooper now weighs 4 pounds 4 ounces. He is still on flow of 4 on the vapotherm and his oxygen is still a bit high. So we got the weight covered but still have to come off the vapotherm and learn to suck a bottle, then he can come home!!
We are getting ready for him at the house. We FINALLY got the nursery painted. It looks great! It is light blue with a navy blue stripe going horizontally around the room, true Titans colors! I have to thank my parents for all their help! The stripe proved harder than I imagined; it had to be straight (obviously!) and in the center of the wall. It took longer to tape the walls than to paint the 8" stripe! I can't wait to get him home so he can enjoy it!
Since Cooper is so big, he got a new bed! He is now in a crib instead of an isolet (closed in box). We were so excited for this big change! He had a little trouble keeping his temperature up the first day out of the box, but has since figured it out! This change means that he gets to wear clothes all the time!! He is SO cute!! We also got to bring his mobile from home. It is a sports themed mobile (of course) with a soccer ball, basketball, football, baseball, and a red ball with a star on it. When we put it up and turned it on, he just stared at it! He stayed awake for the longest time watching it! It was so funny! We thought we were going to have to take it down so he would get some sleep! Kevin makes sure that the football is visable to Cooper at all times!
Cooper is pretty resourceful. He has figured out how to work his feeding tube up out of his mouth. It is taped to his face so he is not pulling it out from the outside. The reason for telling you this, is that we had a brave nurse on Sunday that asked the doctor if she could try a bottle. His flow has been too high on the vapotherm to try it before (it is still too high to try it regularly). The doctor allowed her to try the bottle. He LOVED it! I was so proud! She held him sitting up in his bed and put the bottle in his mouth. He has been sucking a pacifier for weeks now. He drank that bottle in less than 10 minutes. He even burped around the bottle and kept going! It was so precious!! He kept his oxygen saturation up the whole bottle! I was so proud of our sweet little guy! We asked today if he was going to get to try bottles and they said every once in a while. Hopefully we will get to try again soon!!
What an amazing few weeks we have had! Our little guy is growing so fast! Every day is such a blessing! I fall more in love with him every day!! Even if he has pooped on me TWICE! (while changing him!)
About the pictures--the first one is his cutest outfit. When we put it on him, he acted like a cat with socks on! He was like "what now?" The "prince Cooper" crown is protecting an IV which was used to get blood. The last one barely catches the mobile with him in the crib.
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