THINGS STILL LOOKING BRIGHT....

Today is going well. Cooper is keeping his vitals up and his SAT level is actually higher than it was on the ventilator. They have completely removed the drips for his sleepy and pain meds and have cut the others in half yet again and only giving them every 8 hours. They are also starting to switch the heart meds over to those that we will go home with. The oxygen in his nose has been removed. He still has the feeding tube but I was able to feed him by bottle for the first time around noon. He did great. He is just recovering by leaps and bounds. We expect to go to the floor this weekend sometime and they have began small steps towards that move. Everyone seems to be very pleased with his progress. I am thrilled!!!

Sherri is coming over this afternoon to be with Cooper while I spend some time with Raelynn. I have not seen her for 3 days and starting to go through some withdraw myself. Sherri will stay here until Terry comes after work and then he will spend the night with Cooper and guess what? I get to spend the evening in my own bed with my daughter. I can hardly wait. It has been 16 days since I have slept in a bed let alone my own. I am very excited. We plan to do laundry and repack our bags, act silly and make pizzas. It is sure to be a wonderful night. Dad got to hold Coop before leaving for work!