COOP IS BACK IN THE HOSPITAL...................

Well how quickly things can change. Coop's pain continued through Wednesday night and by Thursday morning I was calling the cardiologist. He really had no idea what else he could look for but agreed to see us even on his day off. So we were scheduled for an EKG and Echo this morning at 10a.m. Coop did pretty well last night only waking a few times. Terry and I had decided we would ask the cardiologist about the possibility of Coop having a dislocated rib. I had told Terry I just really hope they get us some answers. So we got to the cardiologist a little before 10 a.m. They got us right in and always weigh Coop and do a few other things before they take us to a room. We got to the room and Terry notices there is some pussing coming out of his incision. Well that puss turned into a gusher! From there things got crazy. There were dctors and nurses swarming through the room. There was so much that happened but to keep it short basically Coop had an infection and it ruptured through the top part of his incision. In addition, they found instability in his sternon where it is not healing back. So we were admitted to the hospital for treatment. The day was extremely long and some very strong crying from Coop. The day was filled with crazy things that happened and scenarios that we were given but basically Coop has an infection. They will not know until tomorrow if it is superficial and just right under the skin or if it is inside him in the chest area. If it is superficial they will treat with antibiotics but if it has entered the body cavity, they will be forced to open Coop up again. They should know which it is tomorrow. In addition there is talk about after the infection is gone having to go back into the chest to reset and fuse the sternon. So needless to say there is no queetion why our little man was in so much pain. He is actually doing much better since they drained som of the stuff out. As far as time frame, we are still very unsure but generally it is 3-4 days on antibiotics and then a day of observation and then if they have to reset the sternom we will have many additional days. I will know so much more tomorrow! I will keep you all posted. We have a very special day planned for Raelynn tomorrow as well for her birthday so there will be plenty to post about tomorrow.