Day 49

Cohen has had a quiet last few days. He has done really well since his big scare. Cohen is considered a "big baby" to be on a ventilator and he is starting to show that a little more. He isn't having as many of his episodes where he drops his heart rate and oxygen but he does still do that when he gets turned or bugged. He clamps down on his tube so he doesn't get any oxygen which makes the above happen. He is also starting to move his head around quite a bit and he can get his little hands around the tube and pull on it a little which loosens the tape holding his tube in. Hopefully these are signs that he is getting stronger and will be able to have the tube out soon. Please pray that he doesn't pull the tube out himself and stress out his mom and dad! :) Cohen has also been sucking on his fingers and so the nurses gave him back his little tiny binky. He tries really hard to hold on to it and when it falls out he gets a little mad. Oh, and Cohen weighs 2 lbs and 10 oz! He has gained over a pound since he was born!

I had been planning on going home today with Danny to sleep in my own bed and get a few things done around the house. I went to bed yesterday with a little bit of a sore throat and sure enough this morning...I have a cold. So, I guess it's a good time to go home and rest because I can't go in and see Cohen when I am sick. I don't get sick very often but when I do it's not uncommon for me to end up with a sinus infection or bronchitis. So please pray that this doesn't hang on and that I can get rid of it quickly so I can be back up with Cohen! I am used to being there all day every day pretty much so it's going to be hard for me to not get to see my baby. I have a video of him with his binky but the internet here is so slow I can't get it to upload, so I will try and put it up later because it's pretty cute.

Update: Right after I posted this, I called Danny at the NICU for the Cohen update. I guess he has some kind of bacteria growing in one of his cultures that they took from his breathing tube. He is back in isolation and they are trying to decide what medicines to put him on to treat him :( Please pray that he gets rid of whatever this is quickly and that it doesn't set him back anymore.