GOOD NEWS.....

Well things are just as they have been for the past few days. Cooper remains on the ECMO machine and the ventilator. He will remain like this until Monday and they have said tentavily they will begin weening him from the machines on Monday and we will see what happens. The good news is that they are seeing pulsations from his heart which means that his little heart is getting stronger and trying to beat on its own. This is great news and makes us a little more hopeful for Monday. Other than that there is no big change.. They continue to try to balance the amount of fluid entering and leaving his body and try to keep his blood count up. Coop continues to attempt to wake from time to time and the nurses are thankfully quick to administer additional meds. This brings the only "bad" news. We did find out yesterday that Cooper will be "addicted" to the morphine and there will be a period of withdrawal he will have to go through. It is necessary though for him to have these meds so it is just another step we will have to go through but I feel horrible for Cooper to have to go through another challenge. We will continue to take things one day at a time for now.