Bathtime!

Ah, one of those videos that will be so much fun to show Cooper when he is 16... :)

Remind you of anyone?

Reagan, two days ago:



Cooper, two years ago:

Is this worse than Mommy's finger in my ear?

Daddy was home when it was time for Cooper to wake up from his nap the past two days. Who do you think Cooper prefers?

Some people have teddy bears...

Cooper thinks his scooter is a better thing to take to bed.

Watch out Cooper, I am coming to get you!

Look at that head strength!

Rolling over???

Bad video, but he did it repeatedly (just not while I had the camera ready...)!

Dangers of waking your parents up at 6am

Payback! Cooper used to sleep until 9am, for the last week he has been waking up earlier and earlier, this morning it was 6am... He then follows this with a 3-hour midday nap. I think not! Today I woke him up from his nap after an hour, he was a very good sport about it!!

On our way home!

I forgot what he looked like!

Such a handsome boy without all that junk on his face!

We are hanging out at the hospital waiting for someone to tell us we can go home!

Reagan update - hopefully the penultimate

Another good day today! The oxygen tubes have been removed and his stats are holding strong. We should definitely be going home tomorrow!

Cooper came to visit again:

And... The unsung hero of the last week has been Grandma. I called her a week ago and said "I need my mommy!". She arrived the following day and has been doing the day shift all week. I am not sure what we would have done without her!!

Has moves like a healthy baby

Doctor and nurse both noted that Reagan looks bigger today, I agree!

He ate and slept very well last night. The last thing is the oxygen.

We have just turned it off and will see how he does today. The doc still hears a bit of wheezing in his chest, but she said that can last for awhile and does not need to clear completely before we go.

Tomorrow?? Home, tomorrow? Please!!!!

Reagan update

Reagan was taken off oxygen for 6-7 hours yesterday and coped very well for awhile. His stats then started to drop around midnight so we turned it back on.

The big news however is his eating! Without the feeding tube! He has been doing very well, taking down 80-100ml every 3 hours. That is about what you would expect of a totally healthy baby his size. Yeah!

We still have a bit to go as he is still working too hard to breathe and eat. His chest is still drawing in too much when he breathes and his heart rate is going up too high when he eats. However, he is definitely getting better. I am still optimistic about a Monday or Tuesday discharge.

Here he is chilling in his bouncy chair, without the feeding tube.

Take that, lung infection!

Reagan has had some ups and downs the last few days, but he is definitely getting better. The doctor is hearing less "crackling" sounds in his chest, he is having more of his feeds from the bottle, and is eating more every feed - we are up to 60ml every 2 hours.

However, thinking we would be out of here on Friday was overly optimistic. It is looking more like early next week.

Cooper, keeping Reagan company

Reagan update

It has been a long road, but I think we are definitely near the end. Reagan is on very low oxygen and has been for the last 48 hours and is doing very well. He is also taking many of his feeds from a bottle, instead of tube.

We have also increased his feeds from 40ml every two hours to 50ml and he still seems hungry! We will continue to increase feed size and time between feeds until he gets to about 90ml every 3 hours.

My guess at this point is that we will be going home on Friday.