Tuesday, November 4

Well we have had a great day today! I am very hesitant to say that but I am trying to be optimistic.
The surgical team has decided NOT to do another surgery, they feel his progress and the limited amount of fluid that is left next to his lung can be treated with the antibiotics and would not cut that much time off of his recovery time but more hinder it because of the surgical recooperation. But if after 4 more days of his antibiotics he doesn't continually make improvements we will consult again.
Cooper has been in a great mood all day even after a very trying night (his IV fell out so 5 pokes and 3 nurses later we got a new one in.) He had been playing, talking and just in a good mood in his crib even before the surgeons came to tell us the good news. And then drum roll please, Cooper was out of his crib sitting on a play mat!!!! PT came today to do some exercises with him and actually got him out of bed to play on the mat where he did great. I was a bit concerned yesterday because they tried to get him sitting yesterday and he just kept falling over, so progress is showing everywhere in all directions. He still has the chest tube in him and we are hoping to get that out soon because it is quite restricting but after all the playing today my guess is they will want to see if they can get anything else out. He has been taken off of the oxygen to see how he does and as I write he is at 100!!! (For those of you who don't know that is perfect!!) Although I expect to have him on it tonight while we sleep, I will take what we can get. They also have taking him off of his IV to try to get him to eat and drink on his own, so will have to hope he can tolerate the hospital food.
We have had one minor issue today, when he got out of bed for the PT we noticed a bad rash on his back has started. So the drs are consulting right now to see how to treat it and if it is related to the antibiotics or just because he has really sensitive skin and has been sweating out all these fevers for almost 2 weeks. Minor to me in the long run.
Chut and Tete came to visit today.
I am super excited about our day and hope tomorrow is better than today!