Before and After

ok so a little late

Cooper has been home for a little over a month. He came home on Feb. 24 and it was the most exciting, terrifying day of my life. But now its hard to remember when he wasn't home with us. Cooper has doctors appointments every week for one thing or another. His last doctors appointment was this past Thursday, he's growing so much. Hes come a long way since the 2 lbs 1.5 oz. He weighs 9lbs 14.5 oz. He's growing so fast and changing so much every day. We are so blessed to have him and he is our miracle baby. Thank you all for the prayers and the great friendships. We love you all.

Jan. 23

Another big day for Cooper. They are letting him eat twice a day, breastfeeding and bottle feeding. He hasn't been taking the bottle too well until two days ago. Now he's taking the whole bottle. I'm hoping they will up his bottle feedings tomorrow. He does ok breastfeeding, its just going to take some time. They also lowered his oxygen. So we are getting closer and closer to him coming off the oxygen. So for him to come home he has to come off the oxygen and take 8 bottles in a 24 hour period. So we are slowly getting to the date he comes home.

His weight today is 4lbs 11oz.

January 4, 2010

Big day for little Cooper. Today he was moved from the critical care unit of the NICU to the special care unit. He's still in the isolette but the regular crib will be coming soon. He weighs 3 lbs. 6 oz. now and is 15-3/4 inches long--growing so fast. And he looks like a little baby now as opposed to a little old man just 5 weeks ago. The opthamologist came in and checked his eyes, and so far everything is ok there--the eyes are just immature (imagine that!). We're so thankful that everything seems to be progressing on schedule and we're that much closer to his due date when hopefully he'll be ready to go home. Thanks for all your prayers.