Two weeks old

Last weekend for Mother's day the Footprints Ministry had a photographer come to the NICU and take pictures of all the babies and gave us each a disc with the pictures. So sweet! Here are the shots they took of Cooper. He was still under the heating lamp at this point...

It is hard to believe Cooper is already two weeks old today. I never thought he would still be in the NICU at this point when he was born. They originally told us he would probably be there one week, maybe two. When he came out breathing on his own I was very optimistic and thought he would be there just 3 or 4 days... 1 week tops... Now I am hoping he is out of there in two more weeks! Nothing is quick or simple. Thankfully, he is doing great. It has been 3 days since his last oxygen de-saturation. They increased the airflow on his nasal cannula from 1 to 2 liters four days ago when he was having the clusters of de-sats and that seems to be working to keep his floppy airway open. If he keeps it up, I am hopeful they will start to wean him off the nasal cannula next week. He has to be off of it for 5 days before he can come home. His body temperature was up to 98.3 today which is the highest it has been. Also, he now weighs 5 lbs 2 oz. It is such a relief to see him headed in the right direction! I am reminded as I see very sick babies around us in the NICU how fortunate we are that the only thing wrong with Cooper is that he is premature. It makes waiting on him to grow before he comes home much easier!

Here he is in his bassinet all bundled up. This is my view from the rocking chair where I sit...

Wide-eyed and ready to eat!

Sleepy smiles

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Bob is such a mess these days. He discovered the basket of apples we had on the breakfast table and has been helping himself to them. I found him having an afternoon snack today. Sometimes he only takes a bite before putting it back in the basket, but today he ate almost half of it :-)