Updates

Well Cooper has been off the ventilator for 6 days now and is doing GREAT!!! He moved from the ventilator to the cpap to the vapotherm! He is also on full feeds and getting extra calories to help him grow! What a big boy!!


About Saturday we started noticing that he was acting lethargic. There had been many changes over the last few days, so it was hard to tell what was the cause. He is such a fighter and he fought the latest changes, which made him very tired. We assumed he was catching up on his sleep. Sunday morning he was still the same. The nurse convinced the doctors to run several blood tests to check for infection. The preliminary tests showed no signs of infection, but he was no better. They drew blood for a blood culture which takes some time to come back, so we waited. They were feeling like it could be the medication he is on that is causing the lethargy. When he was switched to full feeds, they switched his meds from IV to oral. When you make an IV to oral change, the dose is doubled due to how the body metabolizes it. The doctors felt that he might be getting too much, causing the lethargy. His dose was changed and he seemed a bit better, just a bit. Then the doctors called us Monday night with the news that the blood cultures came back positive for staph and they started him on some antibiotics. Staph can be scary, but there are several types and we are still waiting on the culture to grow more to find out which kind he has. By Tuesday afternoon he was more alert and responsive.

Wednesday morning I woke up at 3:45 am with a fever. Seriously, what are the odds??? I ran a fever the whole day. It ranged from 99.9-101.2 with medication. Of course I cannot visit Cooper with a fever and have to wait 24 hours after the fever breaks. It finally broke at midnight! Unfortunately, I could not visit until the following midnight. Luckily, our favorite nurse was on duty and our moms could go sit with him during the day until Kevin could get there after work.

Back to Cooper...He gained weight!! He now weighs 2 pounds and 15 ounces!! That is almost 3 pounds! Kevin says that he is acting like he is feeling much better! He is responsive and alert and the active baby we know and love!! We are so glad the medication is working! He is growing stronger daily! Thanks for your continued prayers!