Little Fighter

I got a call from Cohen's attending Dr while we were at home. Cohen's last blood gas was about the same as his last one. Not better, not worse. So, since they decided not to wean his oxygen they have actually turned him up since he isn't going to be coming off the high flow. He got another dose of Lasix (the diuretic) because his weight was up quite a bit so they think he might be retaining some fluid. They threw out the idea of giving him another steroid burst to see if that would just kind of give him the extra push he needs to require less support and get off the high flow cannula. Before we were told that the pulmonologists from Children's wouldn't come see Cohen until right before he went home. However, now they think (and I agree) that it would better to get them involved now and see if together they can help Cohen make a little more progress. He is kind of getting to this "stuck" phase where he isn't getting worse but he isn't getting better. The pulmonologist will be here Tuesday to see Cohen and hopefully they can come up with a plan.

{I'm so hungry I could eat my whole arm!}

Cohen is getting to be a real "newborn"! He got to sit in a big boy swing (his first time was 9/22) and he loved it. He just sat there looking around with his big wide eyes.

Cohen has been a busy boy today. He got weighed and then got a bath. Danny went to the Husky game with his friend Ryan while my friend Kim was here visiting.

{Pep talk with mom before bath time}

{Tuckered out...Dad dressed him in his football onesie for game day}

Back when the boys were born, one of my close friends' family sent us these little boxing gloves. One pair for Carter's fight and one pair for Cohen's fight. I LOVE them! Almost everybody that comes in comments on his little boxing gloves. They have been hanging in Cohen's room for quite some time so we decided to put them on him today. We didn't actually put them on him, just put them in the sleeves of his onesie.

{A fighter indeed! Thanks VanBerkums!}